World & Nation
Simone Ovide, 83, the widow of Haitian dictator Francois Duvalier--better known as “Papa Doc.”
Jan. 2, 1998
The word on the telediol, Haiti’s exuberant national grapevine, is that the Duvalieristes are reorganizing their forces to impose a new dictatorship.
Nov. 9, 1986
Obituaries
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, a former dictator of Haiti whose brutal regime triggered a popular uprising that freed the country from one-family rule but resolved none of its endemic issues of poverty and underdevelopment, has died.
Oct. 4, 2014
Opinion L.A.
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Jan. 18, 2011
Roger Lafontant, feared leader of a faction loyal to exiled dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, claimed early today to have seized power in Haiti after a two-hour gun battle near the presidential palace.
Jan. 7, 1991
Lt. Gen.
Sept. 20, 1989
In a surprise move apparently brought on by growing public restiveness, the government of Haiti announced Thursday night that it will attempt to extradite former President Jean-Claude Duvalier from exile in France.
Feb. 28, 1986
Like a convict released after years in prison, Haiti is reveling in its newly acquired liberty.
Feb. 13, 1986
It is upon the terraces of Haiti’s luxury hotels, in the lovely suburban homes of the rich and in the offices of government officials that a visitor begins to comprehend how this country works, how the regime of President-for-Life Jean-Claude Duvalier maintains its control over the poorest nation of this hemisphere.
Dec. 16, 1985
Jean-Claude Duvalier, the self-proclaimed “president for life” of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him into a 25-year exile, died Saturday of a heart attack, according to his attorney Reynold George.