Word: duvalierist
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...surprise arrest stemmed from a takeover attempt led by former Duvalierist strongman Dr. Roger Lafontant after the populist Roman Catholic priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide won the presidency in the Dec. 16 vote. Pascal- Trouillot has said that she was kidnapped from her home and held hostage for 10 hours before loyalist troops stormed the National Palace and ended the siege. But Lafontant contends he is not guilty of trying to oust the government, because Trouillot willingly handed power over to him. Many Haitians believe that Trouillot and other members of her government stole millions from the national treasury during...
...does not appear to have an agenda, beyond putting his cronies back in their old jobs. If the need for U.S. funds becomes desperate, he may make some tentative moves toward democratic rule. The more likely prospect is grimmer: an extended military dictatorship, perhaps marked by the return of Duvalierist forces or even an outbreak of civil war. As for the Haitian people, they continue to do what they do best: wait and suffer
...associates of the former Duvalier dictatorship; under the new constitution, that should prevent them from running for public office for a decade. All twelve were disqualified from the November contest. At the end of last week Namphy, in an apparent bid to lend the elections credibility, again sidelined the Duvalierist candidates. Namphy's personal favorite is Gerard Phillippe Auguste, a little-known agronomist who heads one of Haiti's oldest populist parties...
...later Chief of State Lieut. General Henri Namphy made an emotional bid to restore confidence in the Port-au-Prince government. "I have lived in my flesh your anguish over the possible return of the old system," he declared. Coincidentally, the fledgling Duvalierist party was disbanded. To further counter discontent with the sluggish pace of change, Namphy will travel to Miami to seek badly needed investment at the annual Caribbean Conference this week...
...riots spread, the National Council, which took power after Duvalier fled last Feb. 7, was forced to recognize that it had failed to win popular support. The credibility of the joint military-civilian junta was shattered on Thursday by the resignation of Justice Minister Gerard Gourgue, an anti-Duvalierist and the only member of the junta trusted by the public...
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