Aloisio Milani and Lana Cristina
Reporters Agência Brasil

Brasília – The Brazilian government has submitted the name of general José Elito Carvalho de Siqueira to be the new commander of UN mission troops in Haiti. Siqueira will substitute another Brazilian general, Urano Bacellar, who died on Saturday in Port-au-Prince.

José Elito Carvalho de Siqueira, a three-star general, is 58. At the moment, he is the commander of Brazil's 6th Military Region in Salvador, Bahia.

Brazil has 1,496 soldiers in Haiti. That is the largest force to go abroad since the Second World War. Since June 2004, Brazil has commanded the UN mission in Haiti.

Translation: Allen Bennett