Word: au
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, Duvalier's palace guards burst into the Dominican embassy in search of 22 anti-government Haitians, including several army officers, who had sought asylum there. They ransacked two floors without finding the men (who were hiding in the embassy residence at the edge of town), then threatened a secretary and departed, posting a guard around the building to interrogate all who tried to leave or enter. "An invasion of our country," cried Dominican President Juan Bosch. The Dominican navy (such as it is) put to sea, tanks clanked toward the border...
...killed. Duvalier called out the militia to patrol all the streets of the capital, and a heavy dread of reprisal set in. By nightfall his men had gunned down six people, including two motorists. The U.S. embassy warned the 1,000 Americans in Haiti to stay clear of Port-au-Prince, stock up on food and water, and "await advice from the embassy...
...Diego woman recorded in her Audilog that she kept her radio going most of the day, and "my dog enjoys it as much as a dog can." Nielsen's research division manager, Henry Rahmel, explained: "We don't count dogs in our au-'dience sample," but admitted that the entry was counted...
...illegally perpetuating himself in power. His private army of Tonton Macoutes. meaning bogeymen in Creole, crushes the opposition and shakes down businessmen. The bogeymen even insist on distributing the U.S. gifts of food and taking their cut; the U.S. refuses, and so the food sits rotting in a Port-au-Prince warehouse. All development-economic, social, political-is at a standstill, while Haiti remains one of the poorest countries in the Americas...
...will end all aid as soon as possible. The U.S. will honor its promise of $1,500,000 a year over the next two or three years for a malaria-control program, and will fulfill a $2,800,000 commitment for a jet airport at Port-au-Prince. But no more. "It is unfeasible to do anything in Haiti." says a high State Department official. "We have stopped wasting our money, and we are prepared to accept the consequences...