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    Guyana Transnational Issues - 2004

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    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Disputes - international:
      all of the area west of the Essequibo (river) is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UNCLOS that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks UNCLOS arbitration to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters

      Illicit drugs:
      transshipment point for narcotics from South America - primarily Venezuela - to Europe and the US; producer of cannabis


      NOTE: The information regarding Guyana 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 Guyana Transnational Issues 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guyana Transnational Issues 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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