Word: haitians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...could be a lot graver if people don't return to work and lift the country out of the impasse it is in." Three days later Justice Minister Francois Latortue announced that an unnamed Swiss bank had agreed to freeze a $367 million account belonging to the Duvaliers. The Haitian government hopes to recover the money, which is part of the fortune that Baby Doc is believed to have amassed during his presidency...
...Haitian government, which requested the action, charges that Duvalier, who fled to France last February in the face of a popular revolt, amassed between $200 million and $900 million during his nearly 15 years as President- for-Life. The Haitians, however, may have waited too long to act. Swiss financial experts believe that Duvalier, who is living with his wife Michele and family in a villa in Grasse, France, could already have transferred his fortune to accounts that do not bear his name...
...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...
...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...