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Uruguay:
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Other pages in this profile of Uruguay:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Uruguayan Armed Forces: Army (Ejercito), Navy (Armada Nacional; includes naval air arm, Marines, Maritime Prefecture in wartime), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya, FAU) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 years of age for voluntary and compulsory military service; enlistment is voluntary in peacetime, but the government has the authority to conscript in emergencies (2007) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 837,252 females age 16-49: 824,096 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 703,955 females age 16-49: 690,296 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 1.6% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition in Jan 2007, ICJ provisionally ruled Uruguay may begin construction of two paper mills on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina, while the court examines further whether Argentina has the legal right to stop such construction with potential environmental implications to both countries; uncontested dispute with Brazil over certain islands in the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada streams and the resulting tripoint with Argentina |
Illicit drugs |
Definition small-scale transit country for drugs mainly bound for Europe, often through sea-borne containers; law enforcement corruption; money laundering because of strict banking secrecy laws; weak border control along Brazilian frontier; increasing consumption of cocaine base and synthetic drugs |
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