Guyana
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Introduction - Guyana: | Location - Guyana: | People - Guyana: | Government - Guyana: | Economy - Guyana: | Communications - Guyana: | Transportation - Guyana: | Military - Guyana: | Military branches | Guyana Defense Force: Army, Coast Guard, Air Corps (2007) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 206,098 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 137,964 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.8% (2006) | | Disputes international | all of the area west of the Essequibo River is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UNCLOS that Trinidad and Tobagos maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks arbitration under provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters | |
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