Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 2,049,806 (1997 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 80,494 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $2.07 billion (1996)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 1.9% (1996)
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: sovereignty over Timor Timur (East Timor province) disputed with Indonesia and not recognized by the UN
Illicit drugs: important gateway country for Latin American cocaine entering the European market; transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Europe; consumer of Southwest Asian heroin ______________________________________________________________________
PUERTO RICO
(commonwealth associated with the US)
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