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2. Duvalier family - Wikipedia

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   The Duvalier family (French: Dynastie des Duvalier) was an autocratic hereditary dictatorship in Haiti that lasted almost 29 years, from 1957 until 1986, spanning the rule of the father-and-son duo Dr. François Duvalier (Papa Doc) and Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc).

3. Anti-Duvalier protest movement - Wikipedia

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   The Anti-Duvalier protest movement was a series of demonstrations in Haiti from 23 May 1984 to 7 February 1986 that led to the overthrow of President Jean-Claude Duvalier and the Duvalier dynasty regime [1] [2] and the readoption of the original flag and coat of arms of the country.

4. François Duvalier - Wikipedia

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   1971 newsreel film about Duvalier's rule. Duvalier's government was one of the most repressive in the Western Hemisphere. [33] During his 14-year rule, he murdered and exiled numerous political opponents; estimates of those killed are as high as 60,000. [3] Attacks on Duvalier from within the military were treated as especially serious.

5. Jean-Claude Duvalier - Wikipedia

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   Jean-Claude Duvalier (French: [ʒɑ̃klod dyvalje]; 3 July 1951 – 4 October 2014), nicknamed "Baby Doc" (French: Bébé Doc, Haitian Creole: Bebe Dòk), was a Haitian dictator who inherited the President of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986.

6. Tonton Macoute - Wikipedia

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   Wolfen - in the film Wolfen(1981) the bodyguard that is killed by the Wolfen at the beginning of the film is referred to as being tough and formerly of the Tonton Macoute The Comedians [31] (1966) is a novel by Graham Greene about the struggle of a former hotel owner against the Tonton Macoute.

7. National Unity Party (Haiti) - Wikipedia

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   The National Unity Party (French: Parti de l'unité nationale, PUN) is a far-right political party in Haiti.It was the de facto sole political party in the country during the Duvalier dynasty (French: Dynastie des Duvalier), the autocratic family dictatorship of François "Papa Doc" Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, which lasted from 1957 to 1986.

8. Republic of Haiti (1859–1957) - Wikipedia

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   The Duvalier family (French: Dynastie des Duvalier) was an autocratic hereditary dictatorship in Haiti that lasted almost 29 years, from 1957 until 1986, spanning the rule of the father-and-son duo Dr. François Duvalier (Papa Doc) and Jean-Claude Duvalier (Baby Doc). [28] [29] [30] [31]

9. History of Haiti - Wikipedia

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   Jean-Claude and Michèle Duvalier en route to the airport to flee the country, 7 February 1986. On Duvalier's death in April 1971, power passed to his 19-year-old son Jean-Claude Duvalier (known as "Baby Doc"). Under Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti's economic and political condition continued to decline, although some of the more fearsome elements ...