Bahamian International Relations, Bahamas International Relations
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Disputes - international: Have not been able to agree on the alignment of a maritime boundary with the US; continues to monitor and interdict Haitian refugees fleeing economic privation and political instability
Illicit drugs: Transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana bound for US and Europe; offshore financial center
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Arawak Indians inhabited the islands when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the New World on San Salvador in 1492. British settlement of the islands began in 1647; the islands became a colony in 1783. Since attaining independence from the UK in ...