American 1 July 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11 December 1931 (recognized by UK) www.exxun.com/Canada/d_gv.html
American ... primarily industrial and urban. The 1989 US-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (which includes Mexico) touched off a dramatic increase in trade and ... www.exxun.com/Canada/e_ec.html
American used as a transshipment point for Latin American cocaine destined for Western Europe; the lack of a well-developed financial system limits the country's utility as a money-laundering center www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/i_ti.html
American only South American country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea www.exxun.com/Colombia/b_mp.html
American ... for some two and a half centuries. In 1821, Costa Rica became one of several Central American provinces that jointly declared their independence from Spain. Two years later it joined the United ... www.exxun.com/CostaRica/a_fg.html
American ... deficits. Tax and public expenditure reforms will be necessary to close the budget gap. In October 2007, a national referendum voted in favor of the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA www.exxun.com/CostaRica/e_ec.html
American ... 1 submarine cable that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007 www.exxun.com/CostaRica/f_cm.html
American transit point along the Balkan route for Southwest Asian heroin to Western Europe; has been used as a transit point for maritime shipments of South American cocaine bound for Western Europe www.exxun.com/Croatia/i_ti.html
American ... independence movement and occasional rebellions that were harshly suppressed. It was US intervention during the Spanish-American War in 1898 that finally overthrew Spanish rule. The subsequent Treaty of Paris established Cuban ... www.exxun.com/Cuba/a_fg.html
American based on Spanish civil law and influenced by American legal concepts, with large elements of Communist legal theory; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction www.exxun.com/Cuba/d_gv.html
American transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and minor transit point for Latin American cocaine to Western Europe; producer of synthetic drugs for local and regional markets; susceptible to money laundering related to ... www.exxun.com/CzechRepublic/i_ti.html
American ... 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the island, which ... www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/a_fg.html
American transshipment point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe; has become a transshipment point for ecstasy from the Netherlands and Belgium destined for US and Canada; substantial money laundering ... www.exxun.com/DominicanRepublic/i_ti.html
American El Salvador achieved independence from Spain in 1821 and from the Central American Federation in 1839. A 12-year civil war, which cost about 75,000 lives, was brought to a close in ... www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/a_fg.html
American smallest Central American country and only one without a coastline on Caribbean Sea www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/b_mp.html
American ... has slowed in the face of mobile-cellular competition domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system international: country code - 503; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to Central American Microwave System www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/f_cm.html
American ... Honduras boundary, in 1992, with final agreement by the parties in 2006 after an Organization of American States (OAS) survey and a further ICJ ruling in 2003; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised ... www.exxun.com/ElSalvador/i_ti.html
American metropolitan France: transshipment point for South American cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics French Guiana: small amount of marijuana grown for local consumption; minor transshipment point to Europe Martinique: transshipment point ... www.exxun.com/France/i_ti.html
American source of precursor chemicals for South American cocaine processors; transshipment point for and consumer of Southwest Asian heroin, Latin American cocaine, and European-produced synthetic drugs; major financial center www.exxun.com/Germany/i_ti.html
American ... trade; major transit hub for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and, to a lesser extent, South American cocaine destined for Europe and the US; widespread crime and money laundering problem, but the ... www.exxun.com/Ghana/i_ti.html
American ... Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized ... www.exxun.com/Greece/i_ti.html
American ... Guatemala since then has pursued important reforms and macroeconomic stabilization. On 1 July 2006, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) entered into force between the US and Guatemala and has since ... www.exxun.com/Guatemala/e_ec.html
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