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Opinion: Now We Know -- 'Baby Doc' Just Wants to 'Help' Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Finally, a mystery revealed. Former dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, "Baby Doc," declared he's come back to Haiti "to help." And, naturally, to find a way to better channel the aid money. I've been talking it over with other journalists, and we're all kicking ourselves for not thinking of it...

Baby Doc Slips Out of Haiti Hotel to Private Home

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier slipped out the back of his hotel Thursday and was driven to a private home on a mountain above Haiti's capital, in the latest unexpected twist in his surprise return to the country that kicked him out nearly 25 years ago. Duvalier, who faces a court...

Haiti Moves Toward Corruption Trial for Former Dictator

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A judge will decide whether former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier will be tried on charges that include corruption and embezzlement for allegedly pilfering the treasury before his 1986 ouster, a lawyer for the ex-strongman said Tuesday. A judge questioned the former dictator known as "Baby...

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,...

Opinion: In Haiti, the Truth Is Often Prostituted

(Follow Emily Troutman on Twitter for the latest updates from Haiti) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- As Haiti's ex-President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier turned out the lights in his room at the Hotel Karibe, Corline, an attractive 21-year-old woman, was working at the corner, a few minutes up the road. That's one version....

Background on jean claude duvalier

Jean-Claude Duvalier, nicknamed "Bébé Doc" or "Baby Doc" (born July 3, 1951), was the President of Haiti from 1971 until his overthrow by a popular uprising in 1986. He succeeded his father, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, as the ruler of Haiti upon his father's death in 1971. After assuming power, he introduced cosmetic changes to his father's regime and delegated much authority to his advisors, though thousands of Haitians were killed or tortured, and hundreds of thousands fled the country.

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