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This is a list of notable Haitian people. It includes people who were born in Haiti or possess Haitian citizenship, who are notable in Haiti and abroad. Due to Haitian nationality laws, dual citizenship is now permitted by the Constitution of Haiti, therefore people of Haitian ancestry born outside of the country are not included in this list, unless they have renounced their foreign ...
François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician and voodooist who served as the president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971. [ 3 ] He was elected president in the 1957 general election on a populist and black nationalist platform.
Laurent Dubois is the John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy. A specialist on the history and culture of the Atlantic world who studies the Caribbean (particularly Haiti), North America, and France, Dubois joined the University of Virginia in January 2021, and will also serve as the Democracy Initiative’s Director for Academic Affairs.
John Dickerson, political editor for CBS News, and Maurice DuBois, a local news anchor for the network's New York station, WCBS, will helm the revamped telecast. The program will be moved back to ...
John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois will co-anchor the “CBS Evening News” following the departure of Norah O'Donnell later this year, the network said Thursday. Dickerson is a former host of ...
CBS Evening News has found Norah O’Donnell’s successors in John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, who will replace O’Donnell behind the anchor desk later this year. Just two days after O ...
t. e. The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 U.S. Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the National City Bank of New York convinced the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, to take control of Haiti's political and financial interests. The July 1915 occupation took place following years of ...
CBS wants to get back in the battle for evening-news viewers with a new take on the format that looks very little like the evening news viewers have come to know. The network plans to rebuild its ...