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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But then the Tontons Macoute, fearing for their security if Duvalier left, backed out
, Duvalier remained, and more negotiations had to be undertaken, during which
the Army promised protection to the Macoute hierarchy. According to another ...
But then the Tontons Macoute, fearing for their security if Duvalier left, backed out
, Duvalier remained, and more negotiations had to be undertaken, during which
the Army promised protection to the Macoute hierarchy. According to another ...
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Haiti since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. while the iron is hot," they told him. "All over the
country it is being done. This is our chance to rid ourselves and this country of
this pestilence," they said. "This is the chance for progress to come to Haiti.
Please ...
Haiti since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. while the iron is hot," they told him. "All over the
country it is being done. This is our chance to rid ourselves and this country of
this pestilence," they said. "This is the chance for progress to come to Haiti.
Please ...
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Haiti since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. Divine Horsemen (Deren), 163 dbmikanpe (
stand-up sleep), 18 Dominican Republic, 39, 69, 247 prostitutes from, 64-65
Dorsainvil, J. C, 244, 255 drug runners, 17-18, 292 drugs: for AIDS, 198-99
cocaine, ...
Haiti since Duvalier Amy Wilentz. Divine Horsemen (Deren), 163 dbmikanpe (
stand-up sleep), 18 Dominican Republic, 39, 69, 247 prostitutes from, 64-65
Dorsainvil, J. C, 244, 255 drug runners, 17-18, 292 drugs: for AIDS, 198-99
cocaine, ...
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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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