4:12 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Colombia|society
10 Jan 2007
Non-profit organization Doctors without Borders has published a list of what it considers to be the “most forgotten world crises”, according to Spanish daily 20 Minutos. Among them is the violent situation in Colombia:
6. Colombia: To live with fear. Massacres, executions and fear are part of everday life for thousands of Colombians. To date, almost 3 million people have had to flee their homes because of the conflict created by drug traffickers and government forces, paramilitary groups and armed guerrillas.
Among the other forgotten world crises were the 25 years of militia fighting in India, war and natural disaster in Somalia, and increased urban violence in Haiti. The U.S. branch of Doctors Without Borders calls this list the “Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2006″.
Via / 20 Minutos
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