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malaise

(268,976 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 02:20 PM Oct 2014

'Baby Doc' dead: Ousted Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier dies of heart attack

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ousted-haitian-dictator-jean-claude-duvalier-dies-article-1.1963355
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Jean-Claude-Duvalier, the self-proclaimed "president for life" of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him into a 25-year exile, died Saturday of a heart attack, his attorney said.

Reynold George said the ex-leader died at his home. He was 63.

Duvalier, looking somewhat frail, made a surprise return to Haiti in 2011, allowing victims of his regime to pursue legal claims against him and prompting some old allies to rally around him. Neither side gained much support, and the once-feared dictator known as "Baby Doc" spent his late years in relative obscurity in the leafy hills above the Haitian capital.
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Good riddance you greedy corrupt scumbag.
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'Baby Doc' dead: Ousted Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier dies of heart attack (Original Post) malaise Oct 2014 OP
k&r... spanone Oct 2014 #1
Oh no! This is a terrible day for Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2014 #2
And thousands of Haitians are saying in unison Warpy Oct 2014 #3
Good riddance to a true shitheel. hifiguy Oct 2014 #4
Good. nt msanthrope Oct 2014 #5
Well, he was our man in Port-au-Prince. Octafish Oct 2014 #6
And his daddy before him malaise Oct 2014 #7
Too bad they can't dump his body in a landfill n2doc Oct 2014 #8
I have a better idea jmowreader Oct 2014 #17
Just don't take Cheney's space in Hell, Doc. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2014 #9
LOL malaise Oct 2014 #11
K&R Solly Mack Oct 2014 #10
Good to see you malaise Oct 2014 #12
Hey, malaise. Thanks! Solly Mack Oct 2014 #13
Did you know that his lavish wedding malaise Oct 2014 #14
I hate that he died and no one got justice. Solly Mack Oct 2014 #15
Give my regards to Hitler! bullwinkle428 Oct 2014 #16

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
6. Well, he was our man in Port-au-Prince.
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:51 PM
Oct 2014


I particularly liked how, with a few exceptions, administration after administration had him do our bidding on behalf of the One-percent of Haitians who own 99-percent of Haiti. Little did I know when Jean Bertrand Aristide told me that the United States would quickly follow the same fascist path.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
17. I have a better idea
Sat Oct 4, 2014, 10:39 PM
Oct 2014

Run him through a meat grinder, take the result about 40 miles offshore and feed it to the sharks.

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