Subject: Aves Is, Caribbean<br/>
Date: Aug 30, 2001 @ 11:32<br/>
Author: Brendan Whyte (&quot;Brendan Whyte&quot; &lt;brwhyte@hotmail.com&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-488813732">Posted today on int-boundaries:<br/>
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Aves Island (a sandbar) in the Caribbean Sea. Several states concluded <br/>
bilateral maritime border agreements based on the idea that this &quot;island&quot; <br/>
can produce an EEZ. In fact this &quot;island&quot;  is only inhabited by a number of <br/>
Venezuelan soldiers (see attached picture of Aves and army quarters). These <br/>
soldiers have to make an annual retreat to the mainland at the beginning of <br/>
every hurricane-season because it becomes too dangerous to stay.<br/>
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BW<br/>
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