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"The government's revenue from taxes is about $13 million. A breakdown of the budget would probably show 80 per cent going into salaries, and 20 per cent going to the foreign bank accounts of high Haitian officials. Duvalier did not invent the system, but he has perfected it."

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: A View of Haiti | 3/9/1968 | See Source »

What is more disconcerting than Duvalier's fascism is his complete disregard for his country's poverty. One Washington official said, "We asked Duvalier what programs he was developing, and with a smile he replied, 'What programs would you like?' He has no programs.

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: A View of Haiti | 3/9/1968 | See Source »

From this tradition of government, in which the only policies are survival and enrichment, a society of two world has emerged. One is the small and largely self-contained world of Duvalier--Papa Doc has not been outside of Port-au-Prince since 1963 and rarely appears in public--and...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: A View of Haiti | 3/9/1968 | See Source »

Their loyalty, of course, has a basis in fear, the political fear of the vicious Tonton Macoute and the mystic fear that Duvalier's own voodoo practice has generated. He takes the name "Baron Samedi"--one of the manifestations of the voodoo deity--and in 1963, when he popularized the...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: A View of Haiti | 3/9/1968 | See Source »

But the Haitian loyalty to Duvalier goes beyond fear. Papa Doc has been in power for ten and a half years, which is a major accomplishment in a land with a history of political upheaval and violence. That Duvalier does nothing for them troubles the people, but they have no...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: A View of Haiti | 3/9/1968 | See Source »

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