Transnational Issues Turks and Caicos Islands
Disputes - international:
have received Haitians fleeing economic collapse and civil unrest
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for South American narcotics destined for the
US and Europe
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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@Tuvalu
Introduction Tuvalu
Background:
In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the
Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice
Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert
Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate
British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000,
Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv"
for $50 million in royalties over the next dozen years.
Geography Tuvalu
Location:
Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South
Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia