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Guatemala:
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Other pages in this profile of Guatemala:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Army, Navy (includes Marines), Air Force |
Military service age and obligation |
all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 are liable for military service; conscript service obligation varies from 12 to 24 months; women can serve as officers (2007) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 2,429,033 females age 18-49: 2,503,482 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 1,911,412 females age 18-49: 2,070,806 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 134,032 females age 18-49: 130,641 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
0.4% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
annual ministerial meetings under the OAS-initiated Agreement on the Framework for Negotiations and Confidence Building Measures continue to address Guatemalan land and maritime claims in Belize and the Caribbean Sea; the Line of Adjacency created under the 2002 Differendum serves in lieu of the contiguous international boundary to control squatting in the sparsely inhabited rain forests of Belize's border region; Mexico must deal with thousands of impoverished Guatemalans and other Central Americans who cross the porous border looking for work in Mexico and the United States |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
IDPs: undetermined (estimates vary from none to 1 million displaced from government's scorched-earth offensive in 1980s against indigenous people) (2006) |
Illicit drugs |
major transit country for cocaine and heroin; in 2005, cultivated 100 hectares of opium poppy after reemerging as a potential source of opium in 2004; potential production of less than 1 metric ton of pure heroin; marijuana cultivation for mostly domestic consumption; proximity to Mexico makes Guatemala a major staging area for drugs (particularly for cocaine); money laundering is a serious problem; corruption is a major problem |
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