Word: haitianize
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...case in an emerging area of jurisprudence that might be called deposed-dictator law. Many of the same problems arose in the effort by Iran to regain the wealth of the exiled Shah, but the hostage seizure abruptly ended any American interest in recognizing Iranian claims. As for the Haitian government's effort to recover an estimated $400 million to $800 million in the overseas assets of ex-Dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, the Reagan Administration two weeks ago promised its cooperation. But that legal effort has been moving slowly, and furthermore, there are no known documents in Washington's possession...
...city of diverse populations, Cambridge has more than 5000 Spanish-speaking Haitians, Salvadorans and Guatemalans--representing almost five percent of the city's population--and at least that number in undocumented refugees. "The Haitians in Cambridge have appreciated the gesture," says John Barnes, director of the Cambridge Haitian-American Association. "They feel more accepted than they have felt. It gives them more courage to stand up for their rights...
...government of the neighboring Dominican Republic paid the President $2 million a year to provide Haitian laborers for the annual sugarcane harvest. The first post-Duvalier government vowed to confiscate the dictator's fortune, but did nothing. It also promised to return the $2 million kickback received this year to Santo Domingo...
...Catholic Church was busy concentrating its efforts on improving the lot of Haitians, 85% of whom are illiterate. Addressing 30,000 listeners at a Mass on March 7, Monsignor Francois Gayot, the head of the Haitian Bishops' Conference, announced a crash literacy program. Declared Gayot: "If these people could read and write, they could make everyone on earth share in the way they made this model revolution...
...Haiti, after living for almost 29 years in New York City, as have leaders of the hitherto outlawed Communist and Socialist parties. Colonel Octave Cayard, who in 1970 led a failed coast guard mutiny against the Duvaliers, also arrived earlier this month. The church-run Radio Soleil has counseled Haitians to be patient. One of its oft-aired Creole adages: "Being in a hurry doesn't make the day break." That may be true, but the Haitian people are not likely to wait much longer for meaningful signs of change...