Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 209,679 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $7.1 billion (FY97/98)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 1.2% (FY97/98)
@Canada:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: maritime boundary disputes with the US (Dixon
Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Machias Seal Island)
Illicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market; use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; growing role as a transit point for heroin and cocaine entering the US market
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CAPE VERDE
@Cape Verde:Geography
Location: Western Africa, group of Islands in the North Atlantic
Ocean, west of Senegal