Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 51,576 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $27.48 million (1996)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 1.35% (1996)
@Nicaragua:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: territorial disputes with Colombia over the Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank; with respect to the maritime boundary question in the Golfo de Fonseca, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) referred the disputants to an earlier agreement in this century and advised that some tripartite resolution among El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua likely would be required; maritime boundary dispute with Honduras
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine destined for the US
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@Niger:Geography
Location: Western Africa, southeast of Algeria