“As one South American diplomat put it when Brazil was called a ‘tiger’ in the continent: ‘Yes, but it is a vegetarian one!’”(Abdenur & Call) Brazil has been acting in the field of development cooperation, peacekeeping, and other peacebuilding-related initiatives since the beginning of the 21st century. Brazil’s foreign policy, as well as various initiatives, is recognized as a broad concept of peacebuilding policies and programs aimed at promoting stability and preventing the outbreak or recurrence of armed conflict. Brazil tries to demilitarize as much as possible, and they achieve peace-building goals through mediation, investment in socio-economic development (job creation, infrastructure development, etc.). It also sponsors and implements peace-related development projects in support of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Starting in 2004, it directed MINUSTAH military operations for an unprecedented 12 consecutive years. In 2004, after a rebellion toppled then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the United Nations sent thousands of soldiers and police to restore order in Haiti, which had been ravaged by political and gang violence. This army was called the MINUSTAH. The army is made up mainly of Brazil. Brazil has provided MINUSTAH military commanders as well as a large number of troops. According to reports (2011), Brasilia has deployed 1,266 Army and Navy soldiers to MINUSTAH. And, following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti that killed 20 Brazilian soldiers, Brazil’s Congress approved a request to send an additional 1,300 soldiers to the Caribbean nation to help with rescue operations.