Word: duvalierization
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Just six weeks after President-for-Life Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier fled to France, Haitians were again in revolt against their government. Many were indignant at the failure of the five-member ruling National Council of Government to begin addressing the impoverished country's problems. That resentment boiled over...
As the labor disputes and 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...
Bullion extracted from Swiss banks would pay to remake the Dry Tortugas. Pastel villas for the Big Boys. A grand hotel for their rich friends. The bar would offer drinks like "the Caligula" or "the Vlad the Impaler." Imelda Marcos and Michelle Duvalier could meet by the pool for a...
Oh, the pain of being a pariah! French authorities last week allowed Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier, Haiti's ousted dictator, to quit the lakeside luxury hotel where he, his wife Michele and their entourage have holed up for a month. His destination: St. Vallier-de-Thiey, a pastoral community...
His new residence is a ten-room villa with five acres of land, a tennis court and a swimming pool. But the former dictator has even grander designs in the region, namely, a $7 million chateau nearby with 240 acres. Duvalier's arrival was met with local protests. While authorities...