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A 101-gun salute and the exploding of $100,000 worth of fireworks greeted Haiti's President for Life Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier, 28, and his bride Michèle Bennett, 27. The couple emerged under crossed sabers from the freshly refurbished cathedral of Port-au-Prince after...
Papier-mâché roses decked the dusty streets of the capital. Free bouillon and clairin-soup and rum-were distributed to the populace. But for most Haitians there was little to celebrate. Not only is the island nation the poorest in the Western Hemisphere, but for 22 years...
Did Duvalier's marriage to Michèle-a divorcee whose former father-in-law once tried to overthrow Baby Doc's late father, "Papa Doc" Duvalier-signal a possible new moderation? Probably not. The real significance seemed to be the consolidation of Baby Doc's power...
MARRIED. Jean-Claude Duvalier, 28, portly President for Life of Haiti; and Michéle Bennett, 27, daughter of a planter; she for the second time, he for the first; in Portau-Prince (see WORLD).
Ever since he succeeded his father François ("Papa Doc") Duvalier as Haiti's President for Life nine years ago, Son Jean-Claude has been known among a few close friends and many mocking enemies as Baby Doc. Though he still carries a lot of baby fat at...