Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 6,134,691 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 4,429,265 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 240,506 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $902 million (1996)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 1.4% (1996)
@Venezuela:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: claims all of Guyana west of the Essequibo
River; maritime boundary dispute with Colombia in the Gulf of
Venezuela
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis, opium, and coca leaf for the international drug trade on a small scale; however, large quantities of cocaine and heroin transit the country from Colombia; important money-laundering hub; active eradication program primarily targeting opium
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