Word: duvalierization
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>According to Herbert Itkin, an FBI informant, Voloshen worked both for and against the Haitian government of François ("Papa Doc") Duvalier. In 1963, Voloshen offered to persuade Congressmen to speak against continuance of U.S. aid to Haiti, for a fee of $5,000 per legislator. A year later...
With one of its two motors wheezing fitfully, the World War II B-25 bomber flew high over Haiti's southeastern mountains, cut across the heart of Port-au-Prince, and dropped two homemade bombs near the presidential palace and two more on the capital's Bowen Field...
Meeting force with force, Duvalier rushed 200 troops into the north, blocked the main road to Cap Haitien, surrounded the airport and personally directed every operation and news release from his corner office in the palace. "We must bomb the enemy systematically," he instructed his commander by phone. Later, Duvalier...
In the mop-up, several of the invaders were killed and eight were captured. The others managed to escape into the countryside, either going into hiding or fleeing toward the Dominican border. On the one plane that did not get away, the B-25 that had bombed Port-au-Prince...
Approaching Les Chapelles, one sees the difference immediately. The fields are greener, and there are men working them, which in Hiati is rare. The huts look sturdier, and the pigs and horses are healthier. These are tangible signs of progress that even Duvalier, a doctor himself, can understand and respect...