ant marine:
total: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 64,7575 GRT/84,518 DWT
ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 5, container 1, multifunction
large-load carrier 2, oil tanker 2 (1998 est.)

Airports: 1,120 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 89
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 36
914 to 1,523 m: 35
under 914 m: 7 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 1,031
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 63
914 to 1,523 m: 339
under 914 m: 628 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada
Nacional, includes Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea
Colombiana), National Police (Policia Nacional)

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 10,418,211 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 6,980,700 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 360,820 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $4 billion (1998)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 4.2% (1998)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela
in the Gulf of Venezuela; territorial disputes with Nicaragua over
Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank

Illicit drugs: illicit producer of coca, opium poppies, and
cannabis; cultivation of coca in 1997--79,500 hectares, an 18%
increase over 1996; potential production of cocaine in 1997--125
metric tons, a 14% increase over 1996; cultivation of opium in
1997--6,600 hectares, a 5% increase over 1996; potential production
of opium in 1997--66 metric tons, a 5% increase over 1996; the
world's largest processor of coca derivatives into cocaine; supplier
of cocaine to the US and other international drug markets; active
aerial eradication program seeks to virtually eliminate coca and
opium crops

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Introduction

Background: Comoros has had difficulty in achieving political
stability, having endured 18 coups or attempted coups since
receiving independence from France in 1975. Most recently, in August
1997, the islands of Anjouan and Moheli declared their independence
from Comoros. An attempt in September 1997 by the government to
re