Word: duvalierization
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Avril vowed last week to wipe out the drug traffic. Noting that some officers discharged since the coup have been associated with narcotics, Avril said, "They had blemished the image of the armed forces." Avril has also moved to disarm the remnants of the Tonton Macoutes, the dreaded secret police...
But the gains are often fragile. The Philippines ousted its dictator Ferdinand Marcos in February 1986, the same month that Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier was forced into exile from Haiti, ending the dynasty that his father "Papa Doc" established in 1957. Since then the government of President Corazon Aquino...
The extraordinary purge reflected the discontent that has seethed within the lower echelons of the armed forces since the 1986 ouster of dictator Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier. Two weeks ago, the unrest exploded when noncommissioned officers toppled Lieut. General Henri Namphy as Haiti's leader and installed Lieut. General...
The political turmoil that has gripped Haiti ever since the overthrow of Dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier in 1986 has taken another dramatic turn. A military coup last Saturday night ousted Lieut. General Henri Namphy as the country's leader. He and Franck Romain, mayor of the capital city of Port...
The coup marked the end of a tumultuous tenure for Namphy, who took over after Duvalier fled the country in February 1986. The general had surrendered nominal power to a civilian President, Leslie Manigat, last February, but Namphy and the military seized control once again in June. Ironically, Avril was...