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Official attempts to retrieve the hundreds of millions of dollars spirited out of the country by the Duvaliers have a long way to go. Last week Justice Minister Francois St. Fleur announced that Haiti will sue in France to recoup $120 million from the Duvaliers. Sources close to the investigation...
There is little on the horizon that offers Haitians much hope of change. In a field crowded with presidential aspirants, no figure has come close to seizing the country's imagination, as Corazon Aquino did in the Philippines. For now, Haiti can be expected to hobble along until the presidential...
On a typical day, Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier does not arise from bed until an hour before noon. Then comes the hard part for Haiti's former leader: filling up the hours until another languid day in exile is over.
More often than not, Duvalier drives his Saab 900 or red Ferrari to Cannes, just five miles from the villa he rents from the son of Saudi Billionaire Adnan Khashoggi. Returning home before sundown, he and his wife Michele often step out for dinner at the top-rated Moulin de...
Duvalier refuses to speak with journalists, so it is impossible to know what he thinks of his new life. Given his legendary love of cars, women and the good life, it is quite possible that he finds the lazy pace agreeable. His svelte wife, however, has made her boredom plain...