Word: duvalierization
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Since Dictator François Duvalier took power in Haiti seven years ago, thousands upon thousands of Haitians have fled into exile, most of them crossing into the Dominican Republic. The few who returned to fight Duvalier invariably met defeat-and often a grisly death-at the hands of the...
The invaders, possibly fewer than 50 men, landed by boat late last month on Haiti's southern coast, linked up with some two dozen sympathizers and disappeared into a rugged spine of mountains ten miles inland. When news of the landing reached Port-au-Prince, Duvalier rushed his militiamen...
In an angry telegram to the U.N., Duvalier's Foreign Minister accused the Dominican Republic of financing an "invasion" of Haiti by "Haitian and Dominican elements" bent on sabotage and assassination of the "closest collaborators of Haiti's head of state." For days, Haitian exile leaders in the...
Last week Duvalier's government claimed that the rebels were cornered in their mountain hideout. But he had said much the same thing before.
The U.S. has tried everything short of intervention to bring about a change in Haiti. It has cut off all aid, pulled out its ambassador, even sent a Navy task force to steam around outside the three-mile limit for a few weeks. But Duvalier remained unmoved, and in the...