Uruguay apologises for alleged rape by its soldiers in Haiti

The rapes reportedly took place at a UN base. Photo by AP

Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica has apologised for the alleged rape of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan peacekeepers in the country.

Those responsible would receive the “harshest sanctions”, Mr Mujica wrote to Haitian President Michel Martelly.

Five Uruguayan marines were accused after a video clip of the alleged abuse appeared on the internet.

The UN mission in Haiti (Minustah) and the Haitian authorities have also launched investigations.

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19 Comments

  1. .
    September 9, 2011

    Yes, “Wait a minute.”

  2. September 8, 2011

    The same UN and USA they want Dominica to have dealings with. tHEY WILL BULL ALL YOU….LOL

  3. ANNO
    September 8, 2011

    Signs of the times are everywhere. I can feel it in the atmosphere..This is sick those who are suppose to protect are hurting what’s next? Look up my people for redemption is drawing near. God bless you all.

  4. virginia
    September 7, 2011

    RAPE IS RAPE, AM SICK OF PEOPLE THINKING ITS OK FOR WOMEN TO BE RAPE,NOT BECAUSE WOMEN ARE PENETRATED EVENTUALLY DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT, TO RAPE A WOMAN AND AND NOT A MAN, ONCE YOU WERE FORCE IS THE SAME THING. I SEE THIS WITH RAPE CASES ALOT WHEN GIRLS ARE RAPE PEOPLE JUST BELIEVE THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY HAVE SEX, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO RAPE THEM ARE DESTROYING THESE KIDS LIVES. FOR A 5 MIN PLEASURE FOR THESE SICK MEN. RAPE IS RAPE.

  5. anonymous
    September 7, 2011

    WHAT HAPPEN TO DEM BOGARAS NAH!!

  6. Dom
    September 7, 2011

    URA-GAY that says it all!

    • Humanist
      September 8, 2011

      “Dom,” pronounced how Dominicans pronounce “Dumb,” says it all about you, too. After all, we’re very smart to judge an entire country by this one act, right? After all, “gay” even sounds like the name of the country–oh, wait, it doesn’t, which you would know if you actually knew how to pronounce the name of the country. Of course, since Dominicans’ brains tend to switch instantly to bible mode when anything involving homosexuality comes up, they will “like” your joke, infantile as it is.

      Why not talk about the main issue–rape? Rape is disgusting and terrible, regardless of who it happens to. It is worse if it happens to man because it is more dangerous, and still more so to a child. But this does not mean rape to a woman is somehow more acceptable. All rape deserves significant jail time. It’s a savage act of force.

      • Mabouché
        September 8, 2011

        Why would it be worse and more dangerous if it happens to a man ???

  7. Fed up!!!!
    September 7, 2011

    Yes – men get raped too!

    • tiny
      September 7, 2011

      wow this is double…tripple violation…rape is wrong…fornication is wrong…homosexuality is wrong

  8. Trouble
    September 7, 2011

    boy dem man curcial… not even a woman naa a 18 year old man? 8-O

    • Fed up!!!!
      September 7, 2011

      Idiot – are you implying that a woman being raped would have made it a better situation?

      • Thought Provoking
        September 7, 2011

        Yes it would have…Heterosexual Rape is already bad, but Homosexual rape is far worse. I think you are a bigger Idiot for beginning your statement by calling “trouble” an idiot.

      • Mabouché
        September 7, 2011

        Thought Provoking:
        Apparently the biggest idiot of them all would be you ! A creature like you couldn’t have come from a woman ! Rape is rape. Whether the victim is male or female is no reason to minimize the atrocity of such a crime.

  9. Wait A Minute
    September 7, 2011

    You mean dem fellas go all the way Haiti to boga dem people instead of protecting them?

    Eh bey Haiti ni maley papa

  10. D/a Massive
    September 7, 2011

    Those ba#$#@d should be shot.

  11. Chavez Jr.
    September 7, 2011

    Did they really raped a man?

    • Anonymous
      September 8, 2011

      No, they raped a fish called Nemo. Geez!

      • Jolie
        September 8, 2011

        lol

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