Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 944,474 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 94,349 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$50 million (FY00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.3% (FY00)
Transnational Issues Haiti
Disputes - international:
despite efforts to control illegal migration, destitute Haitians
continue to cross into Dominican Republic; claims US-administered
Navassa Island
Illicit drugs:
major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US
and Europe; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian
narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial
transactions; pervasive corruption
This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
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