Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 137,607 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $124 million (FY98)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.7% (FY98)
@Guatemala:Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: territory in Belize claimed by Guatemala; precise alignment of boundary in dispute
Illicit drugs: transit country for cocaine shipments; minor producer of illicit opium poppy and cannabis for the international drug trade; active eradication program in 1996 effectively eliminated the cannabis crop; proximity to Mexico makes Guatemala a major staging area for drugs (cocaine shipments)
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GUERNSEY
@Guernsey:Introduction
Background: The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Dukedom of Normandy, which held sway in both France and England. The islands were the only British soil occupied by German troops in World War II.