Haiti under the Duvaliers (1956–February 1986)
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- Review of Elizabeth Abbot, Haiti: The
Duvaliers and their Legacy
- By Bob Corbett, 1989.
- The Duvalier regime in comparison with
post-Duvalierist Haiti
- A dialog from Bob Corbett's Haiti list, December
1995. Does the Duvalier father-son regime really represent
the
good old days
?
- The Library of Congress, Country Studies,
December 1989
- The Library of Congress, Country Studies, December
1989. Like many Haitian leaders, Duvalier produced a
constitution to solidify his power. In 1961 he proceeded
to violate the provisions of that constitution. His public
recognition of voodoo and its practitioners and his
private adherence to voodoo ritual, combined with his
reputed practice of magic and sorcery, enhanced his
popular persona among the common people.
- Antoine Adrian obituary
- Associated Press, 14 May 2003. Antoine Adrien was the
superior of the Holy Ghost Fathers congregation in 1969,
when Duvalier forced him and his congregation into exile,
accusing it of plotting against his regime.
- More on 1971 election
- 4 March 1996. Perspective of a youthful player in a band
regarding support for Duvalier.
- Jean-Claude Duvalier,
1971–1986
- The Library of Congress, Country Studies, December
1989. The first few years after Jean-Claude Duvalier's
installation as Haiti's ninth president-for-life were
a largely uneventful extension of his father's
rule. Jean-Claude was a feckless, dissolute
nineteen-year-old.
- Haiti-Bitter Anniversary
- By Michael Norton, AP, 7 February 2003. Haitians mark
the anniversary of Jean-Claude Duvalier's toppled
dictatorship in 1986, searching for a way out of their latest
political and economic crisis. Some say the country is
better-off than in the days of brutal dictatorship under
Baby Doc
Duvalier, while others point bitterly to
Haiti's mounting problems.