GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

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Page last updated on February 5, 2013

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 (UNCLOS), which permits Venezuela to extend its Exclusive Economic Zone (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 (2008)

NOTE: The information regarding Dominica on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Dominica Transnational Issues 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Dominica Transnational Issues 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.