Barbados Transnational Issues - 2004

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SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Disputes - international:
Barbados intends to take its claim before UNCLOS arbitration that the northern limit of Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into its waters; joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under UNCLOS, which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ/continental shelf over a large portion of the Caribbean Sea

Illicit drugs:
one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center

NOTE: The information regarding Barbados on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Barbados Transnational Issues 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Barbados Transnational Issues 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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