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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After the plane took off , our thirty or forty cars followed a van filled with Duvalier '
s people and Aubelin Jolicoeur to the U . S . Embassy . Aubelin jumped out . At
four in the morning , the embassy lights were on , but the gates were closed .
After the plane took off , our thirty or forty cars followed a van filled with Duvalier '
s people and Aubelin Jolicoeur to the U . S . Embassy . Aubelin jumped out . At
four in the morning , the embassy lights were on , but the gates were closed .
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Max Beauvoir , a voodoo priest whose Continental smoothness made him a
favorite at American Embassy parties , finched at the sound of Aristide ' s name .
Well connected to American reporters and embassy officials alike because he ...
Max Beauvoir , a voodoo priest whose Continental smoothness made him a
favorite at American Embassy parties , finched at the sound of Aristide ' s name .
Well connected to American reporters and embassy officials alike because he ...
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This little phrase stuck in the Well - Placed Embassy Official ' s mind the next day .
Wouj , or red : there was something about that color , and Aristide . The
combination got to the Well - Placed Embassy Official . " That little priest is talking
...
This little phrase stuck in the Well - Placed Embassy Official ' s mind the next day .
Wouj , or red : there was something about that color , and Aristide . The
combination got to the Well - Placed Embassy Official . " That little priest is talking
...
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| Title | The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier A Touchstone Book |
| 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 |
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