February 5, 2011
Tags: Duvalier
By Jacqueline Charles PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (MCT) — Each time jailers returned him to his fortress of misery, Claude Rosier thought this might be it: the day he’d breathe his last breath, felled by a firing squad or wasted by dysentery. “You knew you were there to die,” he said. But Rosier never gave up hope […]
February 5, 2011
Tags: corruption, Duvalier, money
The night before he was run out of office, Duvalier wrote $169,000 in three checks made out to cash, according to canceled checks presented by the Haitian Justice Ministry in a 1987 lawsuit in France. Read more:Haiti, no payback after Duvalier’s reign – Haiti – MiamiHerald.com
January 19, 2011
Categories: Judicial, Justice, Politics
Tags: corruption, Duvalier, trials
Jean-Claude Duvalier News about Jean-Claude Duvalier, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as Baby Doc, is a former dictator of Haiti. Mr. Duvalier ruled with brutality and corruption for nearly 15 years before being overthrown in 1986. He is the son of François Duvalier, known as Papa […]
January 19, 2011
Tags: Duvalier
‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier held by Haiti police Former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier escorted by officers from hotel in Port-au-Prince but still unclear if he’s under arrest Haiti’s ex-dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier is taken out of his hotel by police in Port-au-Prince. Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP Haitian police have escorted former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier from […]
January 12, 2011
Categories: Corruption, Human Rights, Infrastructure, Judicial, Justice, Natural Disaster
Tags: Haiti earthquake, National Penitentiary, pbs, videos
Can Haiti be rebuilt without the rule of law? A year after the earthquake, a powerful look at the violence threatening the country’s stability … and future. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/battle-for-haiti/