Brazil’s President Lula calls for swift action on the Haiti crisis

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did not forget Haiti during this weekend’s G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan.

The head of state of the largest country in South America pointed out that the international community must act quickly to alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people.

In a speech read Sunday, May 21, at the working meeting of the G7 and invited countries in Hiroshima, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stressed that the free world’s leaders must act quickly to help the Haitian people.

“In Haiti, we must act quickly to alleviate the suffering of a population struck by tragedy,” he urged.

“The scourge faced by the Haitian people results from decades of indifference to the country’s real needs.”

“Brazil has been pointing out for years that Haiti’s problem is not only a security problem but, above all, a development problem,” he continued.

More than six months after the Ariel Henry-led government forwarded a UN request to send an international force to fight gangs, the international community is still looking for new strategies, as no country has agreed to lead such a mission.

Following Canada’s lead, the United States has now set its sights on Brazil to take on the task.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield traveled to Brazil in early May to push things in that direction.

The diplomat said the South American country is “concerned about Haiti” and wants to work with the Security Council to find a way out.

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