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Brazil’s leadership of MINUSTAH is more a testament to the pursuit of Brazil’s‘national interest’ by unreconstructed nationalist diplomats, than to the ingenuity ofPT. PT itself was caught napping on Haiti, and admits it is a case of a developmentin Brazilian foreign policy where “the government has taken the initiative and[which] the Party still has not been able to track adequately”. 6687.4.2. How does it comply with internationalism?An earlier chapter established internationalism as characterised by the followingfeatures:• Non-intervention in the affairs of other states• South-south solidarity• Non-violent resolution of disputes, and• The centrality of multilateralism.Brazil’s involvement in Haiti has been seen by its supporters as a vindication of anew ‘Southern’ internationalism. While leadership of MINUSTAH may be seen interms of South-South solidarity, the Mission may also be seen as the organisedvictimisation of a hapless polity through the underwriting of an undemocraticchange of government, with great power support. The Mission also represents ashift in Brazil’s decades-old policy of non-interference in the domestic affairs ofother states. Brazil has now adopted a policy of ‘não indiferença’/non-indifference.This paradigm shift, while viewed cynically by critics, as a cover for a newinterventionism, has been described by a Brazilian diplomat as:a way of emphasizing the responsibility of the international community when facedwith humanitarian disasters and crises, including those resulting from hunger,poverty and epidemics. These are humanitarian catastrophes that can be preventedor mitigated through political will and short, medium and long-termcooperation…’Non-indifference’ calls for enhanced South-South cooperation andinnovative financing mechanisms, which complement traditional sources offinancing for development. 669668 PT: Secretaria de Relações Internacionais, The Workers’ Party International Policy,13.669 Maria Viotti, “Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Viotti, Permanent Representative ofBrazil to the United Nations, Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on theresponsibility to protect”, 23 July, 2009. Accessed online at:http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/Brazil_ENG.pdf on 27 November, 2010.259