Word: duvalierization
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Though his formal title is President for Life, Haiti's Dictator Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier has always acted as if he expected to be President in Perpetuity. His 1964 constitution made no provision for a successor. In fact, Papa Doc found the whole subject so offensive that he had...
Now Papa Doc has apparently had intimations of mortality. In his Independence Day speech early this month, he observed that Caesar Augustus was only 19 when he inherited the Roman Empire. "I will give power to youth when the time comes," said Duvalier, "because the future belongs to youth." By...
The fact that Duvalier has finally arranged for a successor after 13 years of absolute rule suggests that he may be succumbing to chronic heart disease and diabetes. There were rumors in Port-au-Prince, in fact, that his doctors had ordered him to quit as President. There was one...
* At week's end, part of another Caribbean coast guard, that of Haiti, rebelled against the regime of President Francois ("Papa Doc") Duvalier and shelled the National Palace.
The only other nation that recognized Biafra during its short lifetime was Haiti. TIME Correspondent James Wilde recalls that officials there dissolved into laughter when Ojukwu read them the cable signed "President for Life Duvalier." They began to chant in derision, "President for Life, President for Life." Champagne was broken...