Word: francoise
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In a dramatic demonstration of that desire, Haiti's newest government last week abruptly pushed Paul, 49, into retirement. The move came one day after a prodemocracy march by fiercely nationalistic Haitians turned into an anti- American protest and a rally for Paul. At 10:30 p.m. last Friday, a...
Avril vowed last week to wipe out the drug traffic. Noting that some officers discharged since the coup have been associated with narcotics, Avril said, "They had blemished the image of the armed forces." Avril has also moved to disarm the remnants of the Tonton Macoutes, the dreaded secret police...
Ah, first love. Everyone can recall the earliest flutter of the heart, even (or especially?) French Presidents. "I disappeared each day between the noon and evening meals . . . waiting long hours ((for her)) hidden behind a sand dune," writes Francois Mitterrand about the first time he was smitten, at 15. Mitterrand...
The extraordinary purge reflected the discontent that has seethed within the lower echelons of the armed forces since the 1986 ouster of dictator Jean- Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier. Two weeks ago, the unrest exploded when noncommissioned officers toppled Lieut. General Henri Namphy as Haiti's leader and installed Lieut. General...
President Francois Mitterrand had tried at first to remain above the parliamentary election battle. The 71-year-old Socialist, after all, had won re-election handily only five weeks earlier largely by promising to bring a measure of consensus to a confrontational style of politics. Last week, though, as a...