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    Brazil Transnational Issues 2001

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    SOURCE: 2001 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Disputes - international: none

      Illicit drugs: limited illicit producer of cannabis, minor coca cultivation in the Amazon region, mostly used for domestic consumption; government has a large-scale eradication program to control cannabis; important transshipment country for Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian cocaine headed for the US and Europe; also used by traffickers as a way station for narcotics air transshipments between Peru and Colombia; upsurge in drug-related violence and weapons smuggling; important market for Bolivian, Peruvian, and Colombian cocaine

      NOTE: The information regarding Brazil on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Brazil Transnational Issues 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Brazil Transnational Issues 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.

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