Haiti Wants to Revive Military Now that UN Mission Ends
As U.N. military peacekeepers prepare for a full exit from this Caribbean nation, a small engineering corps of 100 men is the first wave of Haiti’s efforts to try and revive a military force some 22 years after a national army was disbanded. While Haiti is a long way off from having a real military, these initial efforts to build up a defense force at whatever level excites some and unnerves others.