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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Behind the circle of soldiers, the angry crowd. They wanted Tonton Paul's skin.
But Tonton Paul, a plumber by trade, was not just any Macoute. He was also the
mayor of Petionville. I asked him why he was still at his headquarters. He gave a
...
Behind the circle of soldiers, the angry crowd. They wanted Tonton Paul's skin.
But Tonton Paul, a plumber by trade, was not just any Macoute. He was also the
mayor of Petionville. I asked him why he was still at his headquarters. He gave a
...
Page 100
Some soldiers had cornered him that afternoon, by himself near the cemetery.
They stood him up against the graveyard wall, made him put his hands above his
head, and blew his arm off with their Uzis. I went downtown, finally, to buy books
...
Some soldiers had cornered him that afternoon, by himself near the cemetery.
They stood him up against the graveyard wall, made him put his hands above his
head, and blew his arm off with their Uzis. I went downtown, finally, to buy books
...
Page 386
In Port-de-Paix, the soldiers had removed their commander on charges of
corruption. In Cotes-de-Fer in the south, the people had set up a popular tribunal
and were judging former government employees, Tontons Macoute and Army
officers.
In Port-de-Paix, the soldiers had removed their commander on charges of
corruption. In Cotes-de-Fer in the south, the people had set up a popular tribunal
and were judging former government employees, Tontons Macoute and Army
officers.
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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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