Monday, June 18, 2007

Haiti, Guatemala amongst world’s most “failed states”

Foreign Policy revealed its annual list of the most unstable countries in the world and a few states from the Americas were not exempt from the list. Haiti was ranked in 11th due to being “wracked by extreme poverty, lawlessness and urban violence.” The “narcoterrorist insurgency” in Colombia was influential in placing that country in 33rd place, and rounding out the worse of the worse was Bolivia (59th) and Guatemala (60th).

The list of the 60 most “failed states” can be read here; Sudan, Iraq, and Somalia claimed the top 3 spots.

Image- UNCDF

Sources- Foreign Policy

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