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Last Friday night Baby Doc Duvalier, the tyrannical "President for Life" of Haiti, left the country for a gilded exile on a U.S. Airforce jet. The Duvalier dynasty, supported for 28 years by a U.S. government that placed more value on supposed stability than decency, had finally collapsed under the weight of its own corruption. Hatians and Americans who want a stable, prosperous Haiti won a round...
...government supported the Duvalier family from its first days in power; we should do what we can now to make amends. The State Department's role in convincing Baby Doc to seek exile was an admirable first step. Having removed the dictator, the U.S. should use its considerable influence to assure that Haiti's new leaders will bring the country democracy--in the form of free elections--rather than a new round of repression...
Without Baby Doc's infamous corruption, the troubled Haitian economy may perk up some. But most of the Haitian workforce is still jobless, unskilled, and poor. Most deaths in Haiti still come from malnutrition and diseases that were wiped out in the developed world decades ago. Ninety percent of Haitians still can't read or write...
...Philippines, we now have a chance to atone for that history and do something good. Whether she has 51 or 55 percent of the "official vote," it is time to back Corazon Aquino. Marcos, meanwhile, should be strongly encouraged by his Uncle Sam to do as did "Baby Doc" Duvalier and catch the next plane...
...Tonton Macoute tried to open fire, but they were disarmed by an army tactical battalion. Terrified, the agents ripped off their trademark blue denim uniforms and tried to escape the mob's wrath. More crowds demanded that the military overthrow the dictatorship, and rumors started that Baby Doc, his wife and an entourage of 100 had already fled to France...