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World Factbook: Suriname Transnational Issues


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Suriname Transnational Issues:

Disputes — international:
Area claimed by French Guiana between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa); 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:
Growing transshipment point for South American drugs destined for Europe and Brazil; transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing


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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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