February 5, 2011
Categories: Politics
Tags: Duvalier
Duvalier, 59, made the trip just before a Swiss law that could entitle him to at least $4.6 million takes effect on Feb. 1. To collect the funds, he would have to show Haitian authorities aren’t interested in prosecuting him. Duvalier breaks silence as U.S. gets tough – Haiti – MiamiHerald.com
February 5, 2011
Tags: Duvalier
By Jacqueline Charles PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (MCT) — Each time jailers returned him to his fortress of misery, Claude Rosier thought this might be it: the day he’d breathe his last breath, felled by a firing squad or wasted by dysentery. “You knew you were there to die,” he said. But Rosier never gave up hope […]
February 5, 2011
Tags: corruption, Duvalier, money
The night before he was run out of office, Duvalier wrote $169,000 in three checks made out to cash, according to canceled checks presented by the Haitian Justice Ministry in a 1987 lawsuit in France. Read more:Haiti, no payback after Duvalier’s reign – Haiti – MiamiHerald.com
February 5, 2011
Categories: Politics
Tags: Aristide
Last week a full-page ad ran in the Miami Herald calling for a new passport and for Aristide ‘s immediate return. It carried 190 signatures including social organizations, political figures such as Jesse Jackson and deputy U.N. Special Envoy to Haiti Paul Farmer, entertainers Harry Belafonte and actor Danny Glover, and names associated with controversy […]
February 5, 2011
Categories: Politics
Tags: Duvalier, Jude Celestin, Politics, Preval
Duvalier may have returned to Haiti in an effort to get his hands on some $7.6 million that Swiss authorities have withheld from him. It is due to be returned to the Haitian government, but under a Swiss law that takes effect on February 1, Duvalier can reclaim the money if he manages to enter […]