@British Indian Ocean Territory:Military
Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the UK; the US lease on Diego Garcia expires in 2016
@British Indian Ocean Territory:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: the Chagos Archipelago is claimed by
Mauritius and Seychelles
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BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
@British Virgin Islands:Introduction
Background: First settled by the Dutch in 1648, the islands were soon after (1672) annexed by the English. The economy is closely tied to the larger and more populous US Virgin Islands to the west; the US dollar is the legal currency.
@British Virgin Islands:Geography
Location: Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic
Ocean, east of Puerto Rico