Military branches: People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARP; includes
Army and Navy), Security Service
Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 81,265 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 46,235 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $3.4 million (1994)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 2.2% (1997 est.)
@Cape Verde:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: none
Illicit drugs: increasingly used as a transshipment point for illicit drugs moving from Latin America and Africa destined for Western Europe
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