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Peace operations / Comment

Intervention in Haití, unsuccessful mission. A Latin America critique

09/09/2005 By Juan Gabriel Tokatlián

The 2004 Haiti intervention carried out by a multinational force mandated by the United Nations has arisen considerable controversy over the need of the mission, its objectives and the reasons leading different countries, among others, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Spain and Morocco, to participate.

This article presents a critical version of both the procedure and the objectives from an anti-interventionist perspective.

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Bio author: Juan Gabriel Tokatlián

Argentinean sociologist with an MA and a P.h.D in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washingon, D.C. Juan Gabriel Tokatlián is Director of Political Science and International Relations at the Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina). He is co-founder (1982) and Director (1987-94) of the Centre for International Studies of the (CEI) Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá).