Haiti has agreed to work with Brazil and Ecuador to set up a new army that will eventually replace the U.N. peacekeeping force that has protected the Caribbean nation on and off since 1994, officials say.
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has been pushing the idea of reconstituting the army for almost a year, saying Haitians would prefer to have their country protected by its own troops rather than United Nations soldiers deployed in Haiti.
Brazil’s Defense Ministry confirmed it was
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