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Brazil in Haiti: debate over the peacekeeping mission

15/11/2006 By Amélie Gauthier, Sarah-Lea John de Sousa

More than two years ago, Brazil assumed the leadership of the military troops of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti, referred to by its French acronym MINUSTAH. Since then, Brazil´s role in that country has been the subject of heated debate in the Brazilian Parliament, among acedemics and even among members of the Partido de los Trabajadores, PT, Workers Party, currently in office. 

It is foreseeable that the current president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva will pursue the same foreign policy he has implemented during his first term of office. For the President, Brazil's presence in Haiti is essential to his country. Nonetheless, Brazil's continuity in Haiti is not entirely ensured due to internal disagreement within the PT. This article will analyze the debate in Brazil over the Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti.


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IBSA: India, Brazil, South Africa

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Brazil Haiti Latin America & Caribbean Peacekeeping Regional powers

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Bio author: Amélie Gauthier

MA in International Cooperation and Project Management, Ortega and Gasset Institute, Madrid; BA in International Business and Finance, École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Montreal. Prior to joining FRIDE, Amélie Gauthier-Campbell worked as a political analyst for the Canadian Embassy in Madrid (2005-2006).

Bio author: Sarah-Lea John de Sousa

MA in Regional Sciences of Latin America (RWL) from the University of Cologne and currently studying her PhD in International Relations at the University Complutense of Madrid. Sarah-Lea John de Sousa has been development project manager at the agency Chuconsultig Germany.