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Cuba:
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Other pages in this profile of Cuba:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR): Revolutionary Army (ER), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Youth Labor Army (EJT) (2007) |
Military service age and obligation |
17-28 years of age for compulsory military service; 2-year service obligation; both sexes subject to military service (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 17-49: 2,967,865 females age 17-49: 2,913,559 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 17-49: 2,441,927 females age 17-49: 2,396,741 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 91,901 females age 18-49: 87,500 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
3.8% (2006 est.) |
Military - note |
Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off almost all military aid by 1993 |
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Disputes - international |
US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease |
Trafficking in persons |
current situation: Cuba is a source country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced child labor; Cuba is a major destination for sex tourism, which largely caters to European, Canadian, and Latin American tourists and involves large numbers of minors; there are reports that Cuban women have been trafficked to Mexico for sexual exploitation; forced labor victims also include children coerced into working in commercial agriculture tier rating: Tier 3 - Cuba does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so |
Illicit drugs |
territorial waters and air space serve as transshipment zone for US- and European-bound drugs; established the death penalty for certain drug-related crimes in 1999 |
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