Word: duvalierization
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Next day the Haitian military, which had tried to keep a low profile, began cracking down in the capital. Lieut. General Henri Namphy, the council president and commander of the armed forces who succeeded Duvalier, announced that two more council members, Colonel Max Valles and Alix Cineas, and the government...
Many Haitians contended, however, that the disbanded junta had delivered nothing but promises. The government has yet to suggest a plan to create new jobs or to improve living conditions in the country. The task of feeding, housing and educating millions of malnourished and underprivileged Haitians has been left in...
Disgusted by official inertia and determined to see everyone associated with Duvalier brought to justice, Haitians took matters into their own hands. Hundreds of students joined together to march on the National Palace late last week. Even after the new government was announced, angry crowds confronted military patrols. One sergeant...
Most of the blame for Haiti's economic straits can be placed directly on Duvalier. Finance Minister Marcel Leger disclosed earlier this month that the ex-President-for-Life had skimmed off $1 from the price of every sack of flour that was milled in Haiti. Annual average production amounted...
The government of the neighboring Dominican Republic paid the President $2 million a year to provide Haitian laborers for the annual sugarcane harvest. The first post-Duvalier government vowed to confiscate the dictator's fortune, but did nothing. It also promised to return the $2 million kickback received this year...