Dominica Issues - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Disputes - international

Dominica is the only Caribbean state to challenge Venezuela's sovereignty claim over Aves Island and joins the other island nations in challenging whether the feature sustains human habitation, a criterion under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which permits Venezuela to extend its EEZ and continental shelf claims over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea

Illicit drugs

transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; minor cannabis producer

NOTE: The information regarding Dominica on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Dominica 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Dominica 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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