L. America home to some of 2006’ most underrepresented stories

Yes, 2007 is one month old but two interesting lists from Foreign Policy (FP) magazine and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) highlighted topics on Latin America that have been largely ignored in the press. Though this blog has focused a lot on China’s expansion into Latin America, FP’s “The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2006” mentioned how the region is becoming increasingly militarized via Russian arms deals with several key countries like Venezuela and Mexico. Meanwhile, the uncontrollable violence in Haiti’s capital (image) and the victims of Colombia’s armed conflict were cited by MSF in its list of “The 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Crises of 2006.”

Image- Doctors Without Borders

Links- The Latin Americanist, Foreign Policy, International Herald Tribune, Doctors Without Borders

Tags- Russia, Latin America, Colombia, Haiti, armed conflict, arms, journalism, human rights, international politics