Relationship dossier
Brazil
Haiti
Relationship assessment
Brazil–Haiti ties have centered on peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and cooperation during MINUSTAH.
Brazil toward Haiti
+45Brazil led the military component of MINUSTAH from 2004 to 2017 and provided humanitarian assistance after Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. Brazil also cancelled Haiti’s debt in 2010.
Haiti toward Brazil
+30Haitian authorities cooperated with MINUSTAH during its deployment, including the Brazilian-led military component. The extent of direct Haitian government cooperation with Brazil outside the mission is less clear.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship’s strongest enduring feature has been Brazil’s substantial role in Haiti’s peacekeeping and recovery efforts, alongside Haitian cooperation with MINUSTAH. These activities support a cooperative assessment, while the relationship’s breadth beyond peacekeeping and assistance is less certain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Brazil’s relationship with Haiti has included sustained cooperation through Brazil’s leadership of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), humanitarian assistance after the 2010 earthquake, and debt relief. Haitian authorities cooperated with the mission during its deployment. The relationship has therefore included substantial peacekeeping and assistance, though the scope of cooperation outside these areas is less clear.
Key developments
Brazil led the military component of MINUSTAH, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti, during its deployment.
Brazil provided humanitarian assistance to Haiti after the earthquake.
Brazil cancelled Haiti’s debt.
MINUSTAH concluded its deployment in Haiti.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and continuity of bilateral cooperation outside peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance are unclear.
- Details of Haitian government cooperation with Brazil beyond MINUSTAH are limited.