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Here is something that is adding more fuel to a fire. The alleged rape by member of the Uruguayan peacekeeping force in Haiti. There is a video circulating of an alleged rape of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan U.N. peacekeeping troops.

President Jose Mujica said public outrage in Haiti has surged over a video shot by a video and circulating on the Internet that shows laughing Uruguayan marines pinning the young Haitian face down on a mattress and apparently assaulting him sexually.

The Uruguayan government also released in the statement that they will provide compensation to the Haitian victim

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The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti has been occupying the island for the last 19 years. Two of its military partners, Brazil and Canada, are joining ranks to keep Haiti safe from insurrectionists.

Canada is adding an extra 34 military peacekeepers to its Operation Hamlet mission, who will be instructed in Brazil on military procedures and maneuvers.

Defense Staff Chief, Tom Lawson, says Canada's further commitment to Haiti's safety and security will help steady Haiti during its upcoming elections.

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So far the the strongest evidence that the choleral outbreak in Haiti came from Peacekeepers from Nepal. Researchers used advanced sequencing, a new technology to confirm their finding. the cholera outbreak has so far sickened 428,785 people and killed 6,194 in Haiti.
Since the beginning of the cholera outbreak, suspicion focused on Nepalese soldiers serving in at a UN peacekeeping base where sewage was dumped into the Artibonite River.
Now that the evidence is here, are we expecting the UN to assume their responsibilities and compensate the people who were affected by Cholera in Haiti

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