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Peru:
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Other pages in this profile of Peru:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Peruvian Army (Ejercito Peruano), Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP (includes naval air, naval infantry, and coast guard)), Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18-30 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; no conscription (2008) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 7,653,898 females age 16-49: 7,531,329 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 5,796,449 females age 16-49: 6,217,524 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 306,260 females age 16-49: 296,819 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 1.5% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition Chile and Ecuador rejected Peru's November 2005 unilateral legislation to shift the axis of their joint treaty-defined maritime boundaries along the parallels of latitude to equidistance lines which favor Peru; organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia have penetrated Peru's shared border; Peru rejects Bolivia's claim to restore maritime access through a sovereign corridor through Chile along the Peruvian border |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
Definition IDPs: 60,000-150,000 (civil war from 1980-2000; most IDPs are indigenous peasants in Andean and Amazonian regions) (2007) |
Illicit drugs |
Definition until 1996 the world's largest coca leaf producer, Peru is now the world's second largest producer of coca leaf, though it lags far behind Colombia; cultivation of coca in Peru rose to 37,000 hectares in 2006; second largest producer of cocaine, estimated at 245 metric tons potential pure cocaine in 2006; finished cocaine is shipped out from Pacific ports to the international drug market; increasing amounts of base and finished cocaine, however, are being moved to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia for use in the Southern Cone or transshipment to Europe and Africa; increasing domestic drug consumption |
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