taling 810,226 GRT/1,227,468
DWT
ships by type: bulk 15, cargo 26, chemical tanker 2, combination
bulk 5, container 5, liquefied gas 1, multifunction large-load
carrier 3, oil tanker 1, passenger 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2,
short-sea passenger 3 (1998 est.)

Airports: 72 (1998 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 21
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 7 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 51
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 42 (1998 est.)

Heliports: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air and Air
Defense Forces, Frontier Guard, Home Guard

Military manpower--military age: 19 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 1,188,898 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 943,719 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 33,722 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $950 million (1999)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 5% (1999)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: Eastern Slavonia, which was held by
ethnic Serbs during the ethnic conflict, was returned to Croatian
control by the UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia
on 15 January 1998; Croatia and Italy made progress toward resolving
a bilateral issue dating from World War II over property and ethnic
minority rights; significant progress has been made with Slovenia
toward resolving a maritime border dispute over direct access to the
sea in the Adriatic; Serbia and Montenegro is disputing Croatia's
claim to the Prevlaka Peninsula in southern Croatia because it
controls the entrance to Boka Kotorska in Montenegro; Prevlaka is
currently under observation by the UN military observer mission in
Prevlaka (UNMOP)

Illicit drugs: transit point along the Balkan route for Southwest
Asian heroin to Western Europe; a minor transit point for maritime
shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe

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@Cuba
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Introduction

Background: Fidel CASTRO led a rebel army to victory in 1959, and
his guiding vision has defined Cuba's Communist revolution while his
iron will has held the country together for more than f