Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 995,672 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 69,993 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$157 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
1.1% (2003)
Transnational Issues El Salvador
Disputes - international:
in 1992, the ICJ ruled on the delimitation of "bolsones" (disputed
areas) along the El Salvador-Honduras boundary, and the OAS is
assisting with a technical resolution of undemarcated bolsones; in
2003, the ICJ rejected El Salvador's request to revise its decision
on one part of the bolsones; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a
tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca
with consideration of Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador
continues to claim tiny Conejo Island, not mentioned by the ICJ, off
Honduras in the Gulf de Fonseca
Illicit drugs:
transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana
produced for local consumption; domestic cocaine abuse on the rise
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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