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...Duvalier. Friction developed during the dictator's early years when members of the American AID mission--which between 1945 and 1963 poured $105 million into Haiti--often woke to find that their Haitian workers had taken the American trucks to drive to Portau-Prince for one of Papa Doc's military parades...
Since 1963 Papa Doc has tightened his hold on the country, most recently in a purge of 19 army officers last summer. Although the political situation in Haiti is inherently unstable, much of the violence has subsided--some of it, of course, remains...
From this tradition of government, in which the only policies are survival and enrichment, a society of two world has emerged. One is the small and largely self-contained world of Duvalier--Papa Doc has not been outside of Port-au-Prince since 1963 and rarely appears in public--and his government. It is the world of upper classes and the few members of the intellectual and commercial elite who have not fled the country, the world of Graham Greene and his comedians. But the vast majority of the Haitian people live in the other world, the world...
That the Haitian peasants can be proud of their life comes as a first surprise to an American. A second surprise is that they are loyal to Papa...
...Haitian loyalty to Duvalier goes beyond fear. Papa Doc has been in power for ten and a half years, which is a major accomplishment in a land with a history of political upheaval and violence. That Duvalier does nothing for them troubles the people, but they have no tradition of democracy or people-oriented government, and by the standards of the past, Papa Doc is an honorable man. He has survived, he has brought a semblance of stability to the country, and in the minds of the people he has identified himself with Haiti by declaring himself with Haiti...