Word: duvalierization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sitting more or less alone in his suite at a luxury hotel in the French lakeside resort of Talloires, Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier remained a tyrant without a country. France's government, waging an uphill battle to win legislative elections next month, is anxious indeed to unload the former...
Haiti's international air terminal, which had been closed for six days, reopened. Schools, shut down since Jan. 8, were also given permission to open their doors. So was the popular station Radio Soleil, run by the Roman % Catholic Church, which had helped guide the burgeoning opposition that finally toppled...
Their aim was to rid the country of the flag that Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier introduced in 1965 and that has since come to symbolize the dictatorial rule of the Duvaliers. Last week, six days after Papa Doc's son and successor, President-for-Life Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier...
Revelers vowed "never, never again" to fall victim to tyranny. Some voiced concern about the course being set by the interim government, which is dominated by longtime Duvalier loyalists. Lieut. General Henry Namphy, the presiding member of the National Council of Government, moved swiftly to defuse the tide of criticism...
Namphy promised to hold democratic elections but stopped short of saying when. Said U.S. State Department Spokesman Charles Redman: "The government is off to a good start." Privately, the Reagan Administration, which is holding up $26 million in aid for Haiti, hopes the junta will quickly set an election date...