Country updates: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Sources: Myself (Lynne Shuttleworth), friends and family, The Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, CBC Radio, The Economist, websites such as those of the U.S. State Department, and the Department of Foreign Affairs (Canada), Time Magazine, Outside Magazine, The MacMillan World Reference Atlas, National Geographic, Rough Guides, Lonely Planet, PBS, and numerous books, most of which are listed in my travel literature book review section.

Please note that all countries personally visited by the author of this website
are marked with a *. Note also that viewpoints expressed are those of the author, but facts and figures are taken from reliable academic and journalistic sources.

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Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia*, Austria*, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium*, Belize*, Belorussia, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada*, Cayman Islands Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo/Zaire. Costa Rica, Croatia*, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark*, Djbouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador*, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji*, Finland, France*, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany*, Ghana, Greece*, Grenada, Guatemala*, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland*, India*, Indonesia*, Iran, Iraq, Ireland*, Israel, Italy*, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirabati, Kuwait, Kyrgystan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg*, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal*, Netherlands*, New Zealand*, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Norway*, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal*, Quatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain*, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden*, Switzerland*, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand*, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates*, United Kingdom*, United States*, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia*, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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