trai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus),
Thessaloniki, Volos

Merchant marine: total: 802 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 27,998,523
GRT/49,458,125 DWT note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here
as a flag of convenience: Ireland 1, Japan 1, Liberia 1, Norway 1, Panama
2, Russia 1, Saudi Arabia 1, United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.) ships by type:
bulk 294, cargo 54, chemical tanker 25, combination bulk 7, combination
ore/oil 5, container 45, liquefied gas 7, multi-functional large-load
carrier 1, passenger 13, petroleum tanker 265, refrigerated cargo 3,
roll on/roll off 23, short-sea passenger 54, specialized tanker 4,
vehicle carrier 2

Airports: 79 (note - new Athens airport at Spafa opened in March 2001)
(2001)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 65 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047
m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 16 under 914 m: 9 (2001) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 19

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 14 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m:
10 (2001)

Heliports: 4 (2001)

Military Greece

Military branches: Hellenic Army, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic Air Force,
Police, National Guard

Military manpower - military age: 21 years of age (2002 est.)

Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 2,668,872 (2002 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 2,034,192
(2002 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 77,976
(2002 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure: $6.12 billion (FY99/00 est.)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4.91% (FY99/00 est.)

Transnational Issues Greece

Disputes - international: Greece and Turkey have resumed discussions to
resolve their complex maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes
in the Aegean Sea; Cyprus question with Turkey; dispute with The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over its name

Illicit drugs: a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis
and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and
precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits
or is consumed in Greece

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002

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Guatemala

Introduction

Guatemala

Background: Guatemala was freed of Spanish colonial rule in 1821. During
the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military
and civilian governments as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996,
the