Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Haiti begins to rebuild army - primarily for reconstruction purposes

Haiti moved closer on Monday to reconstituting a military that was abolished in 1995.

In a small ceremony in the farming village of Petite Rivere de L'Aritibonite, Defense Minister Jean-Rodolphe Joazile greeted the first 41 recruits who recently returned from eight months of training in Ecuador. They will be the first members of a national military force that the government of President Michel Martelly wants to revive.

Joazile said they will spend three months working alongside

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