Communications

Haiti

Telephones - main lines in use:

130,000 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

140,000 (2002)

Telephone system:

general assessment: domestic facilities barely adequate; international facilities slightly better
domestic: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay trunk service
international: country code - 509; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat ( Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 41, FM 26, shortwave 0 (1999)

Radios:

415,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (plus a cable TV service) (1997)

Televisions:

38,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ht

Internet hosts:

NA

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

3 (2000)

Internet users:

80,000 (2002)

Military

Haiti

Military branches:

the regular Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH) - Army, Navy, and Air Force - have been demobilized but still exist on paper until or unless they are constitutionally abolished

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary recruitment into the police force (2001)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 18-49: 1,626,491 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 18-49: 948,320 (2005 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:

males: 98,554 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:

$26 million (2003)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

0.9% (2003)

Transnational Issues

Haiti

Disputes - international:

since 2004, about 8,000 peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) maintain civil order in Haiti; despite efforts to control illegal migration, Haitians fleeing economic privation and civil unrest continue to cross into Dominican Republic and to sail to neighboring countries; Haiti claims US-administered Navassa Island

Illicit drugs:

major Caribbean transshipment point for cocaine en route to the US and Europe; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Haiti for illicit financial transactions; pervasive corruption