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Ecuador:
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Other pages in this profile of Ecuador:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Army, Navy (includes Naval Infantry, Naval Aviation, Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana, FAE) (2007) |
Military service age and obligation |
20 years of age for selective conscript military service; 12-month service obligation (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 20-49: 2,792,770 females age 20-49: 2,849,519 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 20-49: 2,338,428 females age 20-49: 2,380,327 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 133,922 females age 20-49: 129,758 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
2.8% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia penetrate across Ecuador's shared border, which thousands of Colombians also cross to escape the violence in their home country |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
refugees (country of origin): 9,851 (Colombia); note - UNHCR estimates as many as 250,000 Columbians are seeking asylum in Ecuador, many of whom do not register as refugees for fear of deportation (2006) |
Illicit drugs |
significant transit country for cocaine originating in Colombia and Peru, with over half of the US-bound cocaine passing through Ecuadorian Pacific waters; importer of precursor chemicals used in production of illicit narcotics; attractive location for cash-placement by drug traffickers laundering money because of dollarization and weak anti-money-laundering regime; increased activity on the northern frontier by trafficking groups and Colombian insurgents |
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