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{
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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "The island, with its fine natural harbor at Castries, was contested between England and France throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries (changing possession 14 times); it was finally ceded to the UK in 1814. Even after the abolition of slavery on its plantations in 1834, Saint Lucia remained an agricultural island, dedicated to producing tropical commodity crops. Self-government was granted in 1967 and independence in 1979."
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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"Location": {
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"text": "Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago"
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},
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"Geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "13 53 N, 60 58 W"
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},
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"Map references": {
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"text": "Central America and the Caribbean"
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},
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"Area": {
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"total": {
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"text": "616 sq km"
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},
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"land": {
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"text": "606 sq km"
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},
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"water": {
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"text": "10 sq km"
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}
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},
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"Area - comparative": {
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"text": "three and a half times the size of Washington, DC"
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},
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"Land boundaries": {
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"text": "0 km"
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},
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"Coastline": {
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"text": "158 km"
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},
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"Maritime claims": {
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"territorial sea": {
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"text": "12 nm"
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},
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"contiguous zone": {
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"text": "24 nm"
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},
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"exclusive economic zone": {
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"text": "200 nm"
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},
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"continental shelf": {
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"text": "200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin"
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}
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},
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"Climate": {
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"text": "tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season January to April, rainy season May to August"
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},
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "volcanic and mountainous with broad, fertile valleys"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Caribbean Sea 0 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Mount Gimie 950 m"
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}
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},
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"Natural resources": {
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"text": "forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral springs, geothermal potential"
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},
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"Land use": {
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"agricultural land": {
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"text": "17.4% ++ arable land 4.9%; permanent crops 11.5%; permanent pasture 1%"
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},
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"forest": {
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"text": "77%"
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},
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"other": {
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"text": "5.6% (2011 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "30 sq km (2007)"
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},
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"Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "0.02 cu km/yr"
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},
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"per capita": {
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"text": "98.22 cu m/yr (2005)"
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}
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "hurricanes; volcanic activity"
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},
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"Environment - current issues": {
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"text": "deforestation; soil erosion, particularly in the northern region"
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},
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"Environment - international agreements": {
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"party to": {
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"text": "Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling"
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},
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"signed, but not ratified": {
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"text": "none of the selected agreements"
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}
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},
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"Geography - note": {
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"text": "the twin Pitons (Gros Piton and Petit Piton), striking cone-shaped peaks south of Soufriere, are one of the scenic natural highlights of the Caribbean"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Saint Lucian(s)"
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},
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"adjective": {
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"text": "Saint Lucian"
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}
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},
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"Ethnic groups": {
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"text": "black/African descent 85.3%, mixed 10.9%, East Indian 2.2%, other 1.6%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)"
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},
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"Languages": {
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"text": "English (official), French patois"
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},
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Roman Catholic 61.5%, Protestant 25.5% (includes Seventh Day Adventist 10.4%, Pentecostal 8.9%, Baptist 2.2%, Anglican 1.6%, Church of God 1.5%, other Protestant .9%), other Christian 3.4% (includes Evangelical 2.3% and Jehovah's Witness 1.1%), Rastafarian 1.9%, other 0.4%, none 5.9%, unspecified 1.4% (2010 est.)"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "163,922 (July 2015 est.)"
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "20.75% (male 17,508/female 16,503)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "16.3% (male 13,541/female 13,177)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "42.93% (male 33,812/female 36,565)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "9.18% (male 6,964/female 8,084)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "10.84% (male 8,036/female 9,732) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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"total dependency ratio": {
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"text": "47.3%"
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},
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"youth dependency ratio": {
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"text": "34.1%"
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},
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"elderly dependency ratio": {
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"text": "13.3%"
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},
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"potential support ratio": {
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"text": "7.5% (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "33.5 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "32.4 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "34.6 years (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "0.34% (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "13.7 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "7.42 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-2.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "18.5% of total population (2015)"
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},
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"rate of urbanization": {
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"text": "0.89% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Major urban areas - population": {
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"text": "CASTRIES (capital) 22,000 (2014)"
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},
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"Sex ratio": {
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"at birth": {
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"text": "1.06 male(s)/female"
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},
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "1.06 male(s)/female"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "1.03 male(s)/female"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "0.93 male(s)/female"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "0.86 male(s)/female"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "0.83 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "0.95 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "11.45 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "10.9 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "12.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "77.6 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "74.87 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "80.47 years (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "1.76 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "8.5% of GDP (2013)"
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},
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "0.11 physicians/1,000 population (2009)"
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},
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"Hospital bed density": {
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"text": "1.6 beds/1,000 population (2011)"
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},
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"Drinking water source": {
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"improved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 99.5% of population ++ rural: 95.6% of population ++ total: 96.3% of population"
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},
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"unimproved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 0.5% of population ++ rural: 4.4% of population ++ total: 3.7% of population (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Sanitation facility access": {
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"improved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 84.7% of population ++ rural: 91.9% of population ++ total: 90.5% of population"
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},
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"unimproved": {
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"text": " ++ urban: 15.3% of population ++ rural: 8.1% of population ++ total: 9.5% of population (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
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"text": "27% (2014)"
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},
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"Children under the age of 5 years underweight": {
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"text": "2.8% (2012)"
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},
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"Education expenditures": {
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"text": "4.7% of GDP (2013)"
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},
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "13 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "12 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "13 years (2007)"
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}
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},
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"Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
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"total": {
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"text": "40.8%"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "37.1%"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "45.5% (2004 est.)"
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}
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}
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},
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"Government": {
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"Country name": {
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"conventional long form": {
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"text": "none"
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},
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"conventional short form": {
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"text": "Saint Lucia"
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}
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},
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"Government type": {
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"text": "parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm"
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},
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"Capital": {
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"name": {
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"text": "Castries"
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},
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"geographic coordinates": {
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"text": "14 00 N, 61 00 W"
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},
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"time difference": {
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"text": "UTC-4 (1 hour ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)"
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}
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},
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "10 districts; Anse-la-Raye, Canaries, Castries, Choiseul, Dennery, Gros-Islet, Laborie, Micoud, Soufriere, Vieux-Fort"
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},
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"Independence": {
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"text": "22 February 1979 (from the UK)"
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},
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"National holiday": {
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"text": "Independence Day, 22 February (1979)"
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},
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"Constitution": {
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"text": "previous 1958, 1960 (preindependence); latest presented 20 December 1978, effective 22 February 1979; note - a constitutional reform report was submitted to the St. Lucian Parliament in April 2013 (2013)"
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},
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"Legal system": {
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"text": "English common law"
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},
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"International law organization participation": {
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
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},
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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},
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"Executive branch": {
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"chief of state": {
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"text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Dame Pearlette LOUISY (since September 1997)"
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},
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"head of government": {
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"text": "Prime Minister Kenny Davis ANTHONY (since 30 November 2011)"
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},
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"cabinet": {
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"text": "Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister"
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},
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"elections/appointments": {
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"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by governor general; deputy prime minister appointed by governor general"
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}
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},
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"Legislative branch": {
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"description": {
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"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (11 seats; 6 members appointed on the advice of the prime minister, 3 on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and 2 upon consultation with religious, economic, and social groups; members serve 5-year terms) and the House of Assembly (17 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms)"
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},
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"elections": {
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"text": "House of Assembly - last held on 28 November 2011 (next to be held in 2016)"
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},
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"election results": {
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"text": "House of Assembly - percent of vote by party - SLP 49.68%, UWP 45.83%; seats by party - SLP 11, UWP 6"
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}
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},
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest court(s)": {
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"text": "the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is the itinerant superior court of record for the 9-member Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; the ECSC - with its headquarters on St. Lucia - is headed by the chief justice and is comprised of the Court of Appeal with 3 justices and the High Court with 16 judges; sittings of the Court of Appeal and High Court rotate among the member states; 3 High Court judges reside on Saint Lucia; note - Saint Lucia is a member of the Caribbean Court of Justice"
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},
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"judge selection and term of office": {
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"text": "Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court chief justice appointed by Her Majesty, Queen ELIZABETH II; other justices and judges appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission; Court of Appeal justices appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 65; High Court judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 62"
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},
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"subordinate courts": {
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"text": "magistrate's court"
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}
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},
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"Political parties and leaders": {
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"text": "Lucian People's Movement or LPM [Therold PRUDENT] ++ Saint Lucia Labor Party or SLP [Kenny ANTHONY] ++ United Workers Party or UWP [Allen CHASTANET]"
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},
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"Political pressure groups and leaders": {
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"text": "NA"
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},
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"International organization participation": {
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"text": "ACP, AOSIS, C, Caricom, CD, CDB, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OECS, OIF, OPANAL, OPCW, Petrocaribe, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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},
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"Diplomatic representation in the US": {
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"chief of mission": {
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"text": "Ambassador Elizabeth Darius CLARKE (since 3 August 2015)"
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},
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"chancery": {
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"text": "3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016"
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},
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"telephone": {
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"text": "[1] (202) 364-6792 through 6795"
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},
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"FAX": {
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"text": "[1] (202) 364-6723"
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},
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"consulate(s) general": {
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"text": "New York"
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}
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},
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"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
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"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Saint Lucia; the US Ambassador to Barbados is accredited to Saint Lucia"
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},
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"Flag description": {
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"text": "cerulean blue with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead; the upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border; the blue color represents the sky and sea, gold stands for sunshine and prosperity, and white and black the racial composition of the island (with the latter being dominant); the two major triangles invoke the twin Pitons (Gros Piton and Petit Piton), cone-shaped volcanic plugs that are a symbol of the island"
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},
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"National symbol(s)": {
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"text": "twin pitons (volcanic peaks), Saint Lucia parrot; national colors: cerulean blue, gold, black, white"
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},
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"National anthem": {
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"name": {
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"text": "\"Sons and Daughters of St. Lucia\""
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},
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"lyrics/music": {
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"text": "Charles JESSE/Leton Felix THOMAS"
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},
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"note": {
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"text": "adopted 1967"
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}
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}
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},
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"Economy": {
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"Economy - overview": {
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"text": "The island nation has been able to attract foreign business and investment, especially in its offshore banking and tourism industries . Tourism is Saint Lucia's main source of jobs and income - accounting for 65% of GDP - and the island's main source of foreign exchange earnings. The manufacturing sector is the most diverse in the Eastern Caribbean area. Crops such as bananas, mangos, and avocados continue to be grown for export, but St. Lucia's once solid banana industry has been devastated by strong competition. Saint Lucia is vulnerable to a variety of external shocks, including volatile tourism receipts, natural disasters, and dependence on foreign oil. Furthermore, high public debt - 77% of GDP in 2012 - and high debt servicing obligations constrain the ANTHONY administration's ability to respond to adverse external shocks. St. Lucia has experienced anemic growth since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, largely because of a slowdown in tourism - airlines cut back on their routes to St. Lucia in 2012. Also, St. Lucia introduced a value added tax in 2012 of 15%, becoming the last country in the Eastern Caribbean to do so. In 2013, the government introduced a National Competitiveness and Productivity Council to address St. Lucia's high public wages and lack of productivity."
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},
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
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"text": "$1.97 billion (2014 est.) ++ $1.992 billion (2013 est.) ++ $2.001 billion (2012 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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}
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},
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
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"text": "$1.356 billion (2014 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - real growth rate": {
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"text": "-1.1% (2014 est.) ++ -0.5% (2013 est.) ++ 0.6% (2012 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
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"text": "$11,600 (2014 est.) ++ $11,700 (2013 est.) ++ $11,800 (2012 est.)",
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"note": {
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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}
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},
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"Gross national saving": {
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"text": "21.8% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 15.8% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 12.6% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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},
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"GDP - composition, by end use": {
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"household consumption": {
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"text": "54.6%"
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},
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"government consumption": {
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"text": "20.4%"
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},
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"investment in fixed capital": {
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"text": "34.2%"
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},
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"investment in inventories": {
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"text": "-0.2%"
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},
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"exports of goods and services": {
|
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"text": "54%"
|
|
},
|
|
"imports of goods and services": {
|
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"text": "-63% ++ (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
|
|
"agriculture": {
|
|
"text": "3%"
|
|
},
|
|
"industry": {
|
|
"text": "14.5%"
|
|
},
|
|
"services": {
|
|
"text": "82.5% (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Agriculture - products": {
|
|
"text": "bananas, coconuts, vegetables, citrus, root crops, cocoa"
|
|
},
|
|
"Industries": {
|
|
"text": "tourism; clothing, assembly of electronic components, beverages, corrugated cardboard boxes, lime processing, coconut processing"
|
|
},
|
|
"Industrial production growth rate": {
|
|
"text": "3.1% (2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Labor force": {
|
|
"text": "79,700 (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Labor force - by occupation": {
|
|
"agriculture": {
|
|
"text": "21.7%"
|
|
},
|
|
"industry": {
|
|
"text": "24.7%"
|
|
},
|
|
"services": {
|
|
"text": "53.6% (2002 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Unemployment rate": {
|
|
"text": "20% (2003 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Population below poverty line": {
|
|
"text": "NA%"
|
|
},
|
|
"Household income or consumption by percentage share": {
|
|
"lowest 10%": {
|
|
"text": "NA%"
|
|
},
|
|
"highest 10%": {
|
|
"text": "NA%"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Budget": {
|
|
"revenues": {
|
|
"text": "$185.2 million"
|
|
},
|
|
"expenditures": {
|
|
"text": "$222.2 million (2011 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
|
"text": "13.8% of GDP (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
|
"text": "-2.8% of GDP (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Public debt": {
|
|
"text": "77% of GDP (2012 est.) ++ 77% of GDP (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Fiscal year": {
|
|
"text": "1 April - 31 March"
|
|
},
|
|
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
|
"text": "2.5% (2014 est.) ++ 1.5% (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
|
"text": "6.5% (31 December 2010) ++ 6.5% (31 December 2009)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
|
|
"text": "9.1% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 9.05% (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
|
"text": "$257.3 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $257.6 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of broad money": {
|
|
"text": "$1.104 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.057 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
|
"text": "$1.763 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $1.644 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Current account balance": {
|
|
"text": "-$168 million (2014 est.) ++ -$100.3 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports": {
|
|
"text": "$203.3 million (2014 est.) ++ $205.3 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports - commodities": {
|
|
"text": "bananas 41%, clothing, cocoa, avocados, mangoes, coconut oil (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exports - partners": {
|
|
"text": "Dominican Republic 26.3%, US 11.1%, Suriname 9.5%, Antigua and Barbuda 7.3%, Dominica 7.1%, Trinidad and Tobago 6.9%, Barbados 6.4%, UK 5.7%, Grenada 4.9% (2014)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports": {
|
|
"text": "$558.8 million (2014 est.) ++ $496.7 million (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports - commodities": {
|
|
"text": "food, manufactured goods, machinery and transportation equipment, chemicals, fuels"
|
|
},
|
|
"Imports - partners": {
|
|
"text": "Brazil 44.1%, US 27.4%, Trinidad and Tobago 10.2%, Colombia 8.8% (2014)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Debt - external": {
|
|
"text": "$498.2 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $485.9 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Exchange rates": {
|
|
"text": "East Caribbean dollars (XCD) per US dollar - ++ 2.7 (2014 est.) ++ 2.7 (2013 est.) ++ 2.7 (2012 est.) ++ 2.7 (2011 est.) ++ 2.7 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Energy": {
|
|
"Electricity - production": {
|
|
"text": "362 million kWh (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "336.7 million kWh (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 kWh (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - installed generating capacity": {
|
|
"text": "76,000 kW (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
|
|
"text": "100% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from hydroelectric plants": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Electricity - from other renewable sources": {
|
|
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Crude oil - proved reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl (1 January 2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "3,040 bbl/day (2013 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Refined petroleum products - imports": {
|
|
"text": "2,914 bbl/day (2010 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - production": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - consumption": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - exports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - imports": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (2012 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Natural gas - proved reserves": {
|
|
"text": "0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy": {
|
|
"text": "415,700 Mt (2012 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Communications": {
|
|
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
|
"total subscriptions": {
|
|
"text": "32,800"
|
|
},
|
|
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
|
"text": "20 (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "188,400"
|
|
},
|
|
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
|
"text": "115 (2014 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Telephone system": {
|
|
"general assessment": {
|
|
"text": "an adequate system that is automatically switched"
|
|
},
|
|
"domestic": {
|
|
"text": "fixed-line teledensity is 25 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 130 per 100 persons"
|
|
},
|
|
"international": {
|
|
"text": "country code - 1-758; the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) and Southern Caribbean fiber optic system (SCF) submarine cables, along with Intelsat from Martinique, carry calls internationally; direct microwave radio relay link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; tropospheric scatter to Barbados (2010)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Broadcast media": {
|
|
"text": "3 privately owned TV stations; 1 public TV station operating on a cable network; multi-channel cable TV service available; a mix of state-owned and privately owned broadcasters operate nearly 25 radio stations including repeater transmission stations (2007)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
|
"text": "AM 2, FM 11, shortwave 0 (2008)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
|
"text": "2 (1 commercial broadcast station and 1 community antenna television or CATV channel) (2003)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Internet country code": {
|
|
"text": ".lc"
|
|
},
|
|
"Internet users": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "142,900"
|
|
},
|
|
"percent of population": {
|
|
"text": "89.2% (2009)"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Transportation": {
|
|
"Airports": {
|
|
"text": "2 (2013)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Airports - with paved runways": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "2"
|
|
},
|
|
"2,438 to 3,047 m": {
|
|
"text": "1"
|
|
},
|
|
"1,524 to 2,437 m": {
|
|
"text": "1 (2013)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Roadways": {
|
|
"total": {
|
|
"text": "1,210 km"
|
|
},
|
|
"paved": {
|
|
"text": "847 km"
|
|
},
|
|
"unpaved": {
|
|
"text": "363 km (2011)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Ports and terminals": {
|
|
"major seaport(s)": {
|
|
"text": "Castries, Cul-de-Sac, Vieux-Fort"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Military": {
|
|
"Military branches": {
|
|
"text": "no regular military forces; Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (includes Special Service Unit, Marine Unit) (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
|
"text": "18 years of age for voluntary security service; no national army (2012)"
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
|
"males age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "41,414 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
|
"males age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "32,688"
|
|
},
|
|
"females age 16-49": {
|
|
"text": "36,289 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
|
"male": {
|
|
"text": "1,574"
|
|
},
|
|
"female": {
|
|
"text": "1,502 (2010 est.)"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"Transnational Issues": {
|
|
"Disputes - international": {
|
|
"text": "joins other Caribbean states to counter Venezuela's claim that Aves Island sustains human habitation, a criterion under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which permits Venezuela to extend its Economic Exclusion Zone/continental shelf over a large portion of the eastern Caribbean Sea"
|
|
},
|
|
"Illicit drugs": {
|
|
"text": "transit point for South American drugs destined for the US and Europe"
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
} |