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Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier Detained: 5 Facts About Haiti's Ex-Dictator

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier was detained at a Port-au-Prince hotel by the Haitian National Police today, but it's not clear what charges he is facing. Duvalier has been living in exile in France since 1986, when he fled Haiti after a mass uprising. International human rights organizations,...

Recalling the Day the US Promised 'Baby Doc' Would Never Return

Editor's note: Almost 25 years ago, the U.S. government flew Haiti's ruthless dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc'' Duvalier out of the country under cover of darkness, with the promise that he would never return. Sunday night, he did. Andrew Schneider, now AOL News' public health correspondent, was one of a handful of...

After 18,000 Deliveries, Doctor, 100, Still Working

(May 25) -- He's delivered three generations of babies, and at the age of 100 Dr. Walter Watson still shows up faithfully at the hospital. "Papa Doc," as he's known to many, has delivered some 18,000 babies during his career. Among his patients is Sabra Allen, 77, whom he's treated for 59 years. Watson delivered 17...

Haiti's Tragic Past and Present Augur Grim Future

WASHINGTON (Jan. 13) – Even before the earthquake that is being called "the disaster of the century" for Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere had endured far more than its share of natural and man-made misery. "If you want to get a pre-vision of the dimensions of hell, you'll go to Haiti," said...

Background on Papa Doc

François Duvalier (14 April 1907 21 April 1971) was the President of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. Duvalier first won acclaim in fighting diseases, earning him the nickname "Papa Doc" ("Daddy Doc[tor]" in French).

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