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Chilean troops arrive in Haiti
for peace mission
A group of 153 marines from
Chile arrived Friday in
Port-au-Prince, capital of
Haiti, to join the battalion of
the South American country in
the UN Mission for the
Stabilization of Haiti.
The Defense Ministry of Chile
said in a statement that the
contingent will replace an equal
number of troops deployed in
Haiti since December 2004. The
Chilean soldiers have been moved
to the zone of Cap Haitien,
where they are to remain for six
months.
The troops were greeted in the
Haitian capital by Military
Attache of the Chilean Embassy
Carlos Zavala and Chilean
Battalion Commander Tulio Rojas
Bustos.
Chilean Ambassador to Haiti
Marcel Young said the Chilean
troops will help ensure "a
climate of social stabilization
in Cap Haitien."
Chile has deployed in Haiti a
600-strong contingent since
mid-2004 and its Senate has
recently authorized the troops
to stay till June 2006.
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