Word: duvalierization
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The scraps of paper came in pink, red, green, blue and yellow. But they all said the same thing: "Citizen Dr. François Duvalier, President of the Republic, will exercise for life his high functions according to Article 92 of the present constitution. Does this conform to your wishes...
In Haiti last week Duvalier was holding a "popular referendum" before he assumed office for life. It was only proper, said "Papa Doc," because "we have what is called a democracy." But in the dank, dark Caribbean nation, where almost 90% of the 4,500,000 population could not read...
There is still a smattering of opposition to Duvalier in Haiti. Once in a while someone scratches "Caca Doc" (a Creole obscenity) instead of Papa Doc on the wall, and in a Port-au-Prince bar last week a sodden upper-class mulatto suddenly raised his voice: "How long must...
For the impoverished Caribbean nation ($70 per capita income, 90% illiteracy), it was a life sentence. Since he took office in 1957, Duvalier has ruthlessly liquidated every real or suspected foe of his regime. The 5,000-man Tonton Macoute, Duvalier's plain-clothes bully boys, shake down merchants...
Duvalier last week also assured the 4,000,000 Haitians that they could not have chosen a better man for lifetime President if they had voted on it. "I am an exceptional man," declared Papa Doc, "the kind the country could produce only once every 50 or 75 years."