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      "date": "2006-02-03",
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      "title": "Jamaica: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations",
      "summary": "Although Jamaica has a stable parliamentary democracy and is a middle-income developing\ncountry,\nthe government of Prime Minister P.J. Patterson faces several significant challenges. These include\na violent crime wave fueled by gangs and drug trafficking; high external debt, estimated at 135% of\ngross domestic product, that could constrain the government's social expenditures; and an adult\nHIV/AIDS infection rate of over 1%. U.S. relations with Jamaica are close and characterized by\nsignificant economic linkages and cooperation on such bilateral issues as anti-drug trafficking\nmeasures, hurricane reconstruction support, and efforts to combat the AIDS epidemic. Overall U.S.\nforeign aid to Jamaica amounted to about $41 million in FY2005 (with $18 million for hurricane\nassistance) and an estimated $19 million in overall aid for FY2006. This report will not be updated. \nFor further information, see  CRS Report RL32160 ,  Caribbean Region: Issues in U.S.\nRelations , and\n CRS Report RL32001 ,  AIDS in the Caribbean and Central America , both by Mark P.\nSullivan.",
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