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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti An Avalanche for Democracy | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk About a Teflon Candidate . . . | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Unwelcome Returns | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

*The ousted directors: James Bere, chairman, Borg-Warner; the Rev. Raymond Baumhart, president, Loyola University of Chicago; William Johnson, chairman, 1C Industries; Jewel Lafontant, senior partner in the law firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz; Robert Malott, chairman, FMC Corp.; Marvin Mitchell, former chairman, CBI Industries; Paul Rizzo, vice chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rolling Heads | 12/17/1984 | See Source »

The makeup of the Cabinet could well change sharply this week, when Reagan is expected to name most or all of his remaining seven selections. He is considering a black woman, Jewel Lafontant, a Chicago lawyer, for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Moreover, for the most senior post in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Eight for the Cabinet | 12/22/1980 | See Source »

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