Haiti under the Duvaliers, comprising Papa Doc and his son, Baby Doc, who ruled successively from 1957 to 1986, following a controversial election won by Papa Doc in the earlier year, before dying in 1971, after which Baby Doc took over. Their progressive kleptocratic regimes were marked by extreme corruption and the systematic and brutal plundering of the national wealth. Under their rule, the economy deteriorated, poverty became widespread, and public…
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