Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 14,356,666 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 12,423,178 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 339,255 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $20.4 billion (1995)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.9% (1995)

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international: Italy is negotiating with Slovenia over property and minority rights issues dating from World War II; Croatia and Italy have not resolved a bilateral issue dating from WWII over property and ethnic minority rights

Illicit drugs: important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market ______________________________________________________________________

JAMAICA

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