Word: lafontante
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But the priest's supporters are not taking any chances. Since the election, Aristide has made no statements or public appearances. He now wears a bulletproof vest and sleeps in a different location every night. Until he takes office in February, the most immediate threat is from forces loyal to...
Roger Lafontant, former chief of Baby Doc Duvalier's brutal Tonton Macoutes, has added a strange new chapter to Haiti's political scene by running for President in the Dec. 16 elections. He enters the race with an unusual handicap: a warrant for his arrest was issued in July for...
He is feared and reviled as the former Minister of the Interior and Defense under the exiled dictator Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier and the onetime head of the dreaded Tontons Macoutes, but when Roger Lafontant arrived in Port-au-Prince from exile in Santo Domingo last week, he was...