The Baby Doc Croaks
Jean Claude Duvalier dead of a heart attack at 63 in Port Au Prince, Haiti according to a report by the Huffington Post.
Baby Doc, son of Papa Doc Duvalier, age 19 became President for Life at the death of his father in 1971. The son continued the corrupt and brutal regime started by his father. The Duvalier Family is almost single handily responsible for Haiti becoming the poster child for "failed states" He left under the cover of night to exile in France after ruling Haiti for about 25 years. Except for a very small elite in the country, it seems like anybody that could get out of the country left or has tried to leave. With good reason, there is still very little reason to stay in Haiti if you have any reasonable alternatives.
The country has always been poor, corrupt, and full of conflict since the Haitians revolted in 1804 and overthrew their French masters.
"On Jan. 16, 2011, Duvalier made his surprise return. He said he wanted to help in the reconstruction of Haiti, whose capital and outlying cities were heavily damaged in a magnitude-7.0 earthquake the year before. But many suspected he came back in an effort to reclaim money he had allegedly stashed. Others said he merely wanted to die in his homeland." Huffington Post 10/4/2014.
I came to Florida in 1971 and we are both 63. I had a hard time believing how Baby Doc would be allowed to return to the country he pillaged for over a quarter of a century. Being related to his father would be enough to disqualify him from ever returning to Haiti, but that's not how it rolls "in the hills above the Haitian Capital".
Funeral arrangements are pending. This is going to be interesting. "That's all Doc".
Baby Doc, son of Papa Doc Duvalier, age 19 became President for Life at the death of his father in 1971. The son continued the corrupt and brutal regime started by his father. The Duvalier Family is almost single handily responsible for Haiti becoming the poster child for "failed states" He left under the cover of night to exile in France after ruling Haiti for about 25 years. Except for a very small elite in the country, it seems like anybody that could get out of the country left or has tried to leave. With good reason, there is still very little reason to stay in Haiti if you have any reasonable alternatives.
The country has always been poor, corrupt, and full of conflict since the Haitians revolted in 1804 and overthrew their French masters.
"On Jan. 16, 2011, Duvalier made his surprise return. He said he wanted to help in the reconstruction of Haiti, whose capital and outlying cities were heavily damaged in a magnitude-7.0 earthquake the year before. But many suspected he came back in an effort to reclaim money he had allegedly stashed. Others said he merely wanted to die in his homeland." Huffington Post 10/4/2014.
I came to Florida in 1971 and we are both 63. I had a hard time believing how Baby Doc would be allowed to return to the country he pillaged for over a quarter of a century. Being related to his father would be enough to disqualify him from ever returning to Haiti, but that's not how it rolls "in the hills above the Haitian Capital".
Funeral arrangements are pending. This is going to be interesting. "That's all Doc".
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