The rainy season: Haiti since DuvalierRecounting a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, the author brings to life the day-to-day realities of the politically turbulent country |
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Page 52
Up on Avenue John Brown in the hills of Petionville, the wealthy suburb above
the capital, the Army had surrounded the Macoute headquarters. Paul VeYicain,
better known as Tonton Paul, stood in front of the building with some of his men, ...
Up on Avenue John Brown in the hills of Petionville, the wealthy suburb above
the capital, the Army had surrounded the Macoute headquarters. Paul VeYicain,
better known as Tonton Paul, stood in front of the building with some of his men, ...
Page 217
The Army in the Cap was restive. Thousands of students turned out for the mass,
and the school was filled past capacity, with another thousand gathered outside.
Even before the service started, Army jeeps began patrolling the street outside ...
The Army in the Cap was restive. Thousands of students turned out for the mass,
and the school was filled past capacity, with another thousand gathered outside.
Even before the service started, Army jeeps began patrolling the street outside ...
Page 361
They wanted all paramilitary groups abolished; they asked for an end to the
recent practice of bringing former Tontons Macoute and other hangers-on into the
Army as armed "attaches." The ti soldats also demanded that the Casernes ...
They wanted all paramilitary groups abolished; they asked for an end to the
recent practice of bringing former Tontons Macoute and other hangers-on into the
Army as armed "attaches." The ti soldats also demanded that the Casernes ...
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| Title | The rainy season: Haiti since Duvalier |
| Author | Amy Wilentz |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671641867, 9780671641863 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / General Political Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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