I have many Haitian friends in whom I love dearly and I just want to say that without even ever stepping on the pearl of the Atlantic that this man was pure evil. I am a "white man" but lets not fight over color of skin. We should not generalize people....were suppose to love and support one another. Keep fighting the good fight even when no one is watching... This is the test of a mans true character.
Hello my fellow Americans my name is Norman, I grew up in a very dysfunctional country, a country stolen from one people, built by a group of people stolen from another country, and exploited by white Christians from another country.
Haiti was a more prosperous country under Duvalier and Baby Doc, than she is today. It seems as if Haiti has fell back almost 60 years. Strong leaders are needed for survivial. I do not believe in murdering people, but strong leaders are needed.
@CherokeeCharli Just think a little bit before writing... Take a well-built house, start destroying the base and leave it. It won't fall on you, but on anyone who gets into that house that you started to destroy. What would you say though? That the house broke down after you left it, sure, but you are the one who destroyed it. That's exactly what's happening here, Ok!!!
Cannot believe there are so many people brainwashed and deluded out there, the man was a fucking maniac, he ordered the execution of all black dogs after hearing Barbot could shape shift into one! He kept the heads of political enemies he'd had killed, he's as bad as Amin.
He and all his family should be jailed for life!!!! ignorant black cunt!!!! he should still be alive so he could be made to suffer.....his son should be thrown in jail and give bread and water for the rest of his life!!!!!
He and his name should be sent to hell for all time. saying things were better. haha. You are out of your damm mind they are the reason why the country has not recover
say what YOU WANT THINGS WERE WAY BETTER UNDER THE dUVALIER REGIME...THE COUNTRY IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED TODAY..PHYSICALLY,MORALLY,SPIRITUALLY...UNDER DUVALIER THE COUNTRY HAD A FACE...TOURISTS CAME...UNTIL WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT COMPARE TO HIM I SAY VIVE DUVALIER!!!
@wasssuppp08 Um..I simply asked u a question but, speaking as if someone is stupid? is corn on ur part. Perhaps if u had punctuations where they should have been, maybe ur damn comment wouldn't have looked like a damn run on sentence towards the end. Thanx!.
@wasssuppp08 Can u please explain to me what u mean by "Comedians by Graham Greene which is set in Haiti around the time of this guy. It says in the story he was known as Baron Samedi...?
what dont you all study your history ,he is not what hurt the country its these American,French,and englishmen who has hurt us they are what the bible warned us about theDEVIL they come still,kill and destroy they want help us with any aid because we were the first free blacks they put this hate in us to hate our leaders and we fall for it what a shame please black people educate your self if we don't stand we will fall lets unite
what dont you all study your history ,he is not what hurt the country its these American,French,and englishmen who has hurt us they are what the bible warned us about theDEVIL they come still,kill and destroy they want help us with any aid because we were the first free blacks they put this hate in us to hate our leaders and we fall for it what a shame please black people educate your self if we dont stand we will fall lets unite
he was was parnoid tryrant... he was a mixed raced haitians worst nightmare... he sent many of them to their deaths... carried out the most horrid tortures you can imagine... he had many sins... jealousy was only one of many of them... let's just say if he thought you were a threat the best thing you and your family could have done if you lived in those days were to leave the country as soon as possible... preferably canada...
He was the best president we've ever had, if he wasnt so violent he would have been the best world leader, Looks whats happened to Haiti since The Duvalier Era ended in 1986.
He was the best president we've ever had, if he wasnt so violent he would have been the best world leader, Looks whats happened to Haiti since The Duvalier Era ended in 1986.
No matter what people say about Dr. Francois Duvalier Haiti was a different place in those days. Yes people did live in fear but Haiti was a place that people respected. As evil as he was there was order, cleanliness, sanitation. Yes he did steal funds but no where near what the current government has stolen and continues to steal from the people. No public official is half as educated as Dr. Francois Duvalier today and fear Haiti has no hope for its future.
Interesting to learn about. I wish there were subtitles. I went to Haiti in 2005, after Aristede was thrown out. It was a mess, with riot after riot in Port-au-Prince... but I must say, everyone treated me so nice!! I am a white girl from the suburbs in PA, and at the time apparently there was a kidnapping crisis over there!! I was young and dumb, and did not do my homework b4 I went over there, but I obviously got lucky!! Either way, the people touched my hearts with their struggle!
Papa Doc was a crule dictator with the tonton macoutes. But, back the nobody in haiti was poor. He gave money to everyone. He was feared, respected, and loved by many people. Believe me because my parents were alive when he and his son ruled Haiti.
Gracias cazadordemolinos tienes toda la razón es su hijo y si Haití a tenido la desgracia de tener gobernantes corruptos y asesinos un mal de nuestros países que triste
F.Duvalier This criminal dictator who turns the dream of the Haitian people in blood and embezzlement who had influences till now.fuck you all duvalierist
man fuck u lionel187 and AndrewMann552. Duvalier was a good man, it was the army that was corrupt thats why the Tonton Macoute was in place, Duvalier kept Haiti in check the place was clean ppl ate, it was after his regime that the island fell apart.
listen! first and for most, you can't even speak with respect! Secondly, my father grew up in haiti under the regime! Duvalier was unethical, ordered thousands to be executed if they did not comply! You can argue all day and be uncivilized with your lack of communication, but facts are there! My last visit in the country back in 1989 was just after a hurricane hit our island! Duvalier was not looking out for the poor but rather the Elite!
@lionel187 for one i can speak b/c I am Haitian, and secondly Duvalier murdered ppl who talked politically. Duvalier knew that that was the cause of most of the former president being assassinated. Ur parents were probably one of those ppl, who try to over throw the government, now i do admit his son (baby doc) was the down fall of haiti, but not his Father. He over threw the Mulattoes cuz thats the ppl who were gready and didnt care for the ppl.
The tourists did not live there under dictatorship, the citizens of the country had to endure horrific compliance of the regime that was in place. Haitians have been at the mercy of political individuals who were only seeking personal gains through power! The facts are all there to back it up!
c'etait un pti idiot devenu docteur en medecine que la bourgeoisie metait au pouvoir avec la complicite des Forces Armées d'Haiti pour etre une doublure comme cela se faisait a cette epoque qui a installé un regime de terreur contre cette bourgeoisie et la majorité nationale de ce pays.
Easy to blame! the blame game is not going to resolve anything! Being accountable is what resolves issues. We Haitians must first find a way to create a sense of political ethics to run the country!
ok first of all, people like you are the ones that start stupid political arguements. it's ok to have your right or left wing opinions but no one else really gives a shit. keep your stupid ass comments to yourself. the only reason you said that is cuz your a rightist. papa doc actually was a shitty president (dictator but w/e) so get over yourself
I don't freaking care what most of these lavalas kaka are saying here but i would take him back any day instead of having these money hungry dogs in power , i mean can you even compare ??? At list things were getting done back then ! What about now? killings and stealing all the damn time i don't see him in power ! When his son left the country was still in good shape , so what now are you going to blame all the trash and crap in the streets on them too ?? Go get a damn life , losers !
oui ,se vre ,tout fanmi sansarick lan,ak anpil lot.men se consequences racisme,francois te frustre nan jeunesse li a cause de humiliation li te we lot noir tankou l tap pran nan men mulatres yo
This man was a psychopath and his son's had the same genes as he have them. they are/was scum of the earth........They wpould eat your children, which they did, they straved the children of Ayiti
This man was a criminal.I have read letters signed by his hand ordering the murder of opposition leaders.But sadly Aristide came after and proved that the only way to lead a haitian is with a stick and a strong arm.Duvalier kicked ass and Aristide let loose.The result is what we have now :ANARCHIE.The lesson we all need to learn here is that dictatorship and extreme brutality will only blind people into thinking that leftist catholic priests can do better .What we need is a balance of force .
Tant que les Haïtiens n'auront pas réhabilité François Duvalier,c'est à dire établir clairement quelles ont été ses forces, quelles ont été ses faiblesses afin de pouvoir s'inspirer de ses forces pour avancer, le pays ne pourra pas décoller. II faut être de mauvaise foi, ou être ignorant pour renier totalement le meilleur régime qu'a connu Haiti pendant ces 50 dernières années..
Le seul et le seul a tenir tete aux foutu ricains voila pk ils ont tout fait pour salir sa reputation he wasn't a saint mais tout ce que je sais a son epoque haiti etait le premier ds la caraibes jamais minustha ou fuckin trinidad nor st vincent auraient pu dire que l existence d' haiti est genant dans la caraibes ....one of my top 5 haitian leaders
haiti waz organized wen papa doc was in office i heard of wat he did but hey some ppl need discipline and most important we had an military now we da poorest country and the u.n. is running our country we need dictatorship for haiti long live duvalier!!!
The problem with a lot of people is that they don't read and therefore do not understand the history of Haiti. Haiti had a decent economy before Duvalier, so it wasn't Duvalier who brought the prosperity that they saw when they were growing up. On the contrary, Duvalier was the last nail in the coffin of a former prosperous country. Certain people are only aware of what took place during their lifetime due to a lack of education; they have no idea of haitian histroy beyond Duvalier...
...For him to harbor anti-american sentiments, he was at the forefront of the noirist movement. But, once the opportunity presented itself, he weaseled his way into a government post and germinated there until the right moment came for him to declare his candidacy and eventually stole the election with the help of the Americans. The same Americans he opposed because of their occupation of Haiti had put him in power. Everything Duvalier did was to increase his own power and fill his pocket.
...When they were not hungry and they could walk the streets at night. What they won't admit is that those good things came with the price of countless murders. While you were enjoying your freedom, there were people being tortured at Fort Dimanche and bodies of political prisoners going to Titanyen. So, keep lying to yourself about what a great leader he was, when the truth is that he was a coward throughout his whole life. He was nothing but an opportunist. When it was convenient...
Do you think that the roads and schools that he built justified the death of other Haitians? Duvalier did not care for you; he did not care for his people, so why do you celebrate him? He used fear to control Haitians and promote his agenda; his sole agenda which was to enrich himself and his friends. He abused the Vodou religion and used the image of Bawon Samdi as a promotional tool. Such blasphemy!
Yet, there are Haitians everywhere waxing nostalgic about a supposed Duvalier era...
It's hard to believe some of the things that I read on this thread. No wonder Haiti is in so much trouble; no wonder there's so much corruption and crimes are rampant. I'm seriously disappointed in those of you who defend Duvalier. Since I don't have a lot of time to answer to you individually, I will address you as a whole. To those of you who applaud the things that Duvalier accomplished while in power, you should always bear in mind that he accomplished them through bloodshed (continued)
I am glad to read your comment. I grew up listening to the horrors my father told me about. The things he witnessed when he grew up during those times... There were not positive. He had nothing good to say about the Duvalier era! this regime lead to more corruption and as time went by, many others wanted to get a share of the wealth. None of them cared about the well being of the citizens of the nation, nor the economy of the nation!
Duvalier was a glorified slave doing the bidding of his masters in the United States. He submitted to the american agenda of suppressing all forms of socialism that would have laid the ground for the redistribution of wealth in Haiti. Him and Ronald Reagan are the ones who belong on the ashe heap of history, not communism.
mwen menm mwen pa divalieris paske sou epok Divalier mwen pot ko fèt
men sa mwen kon tande gran mwen a p di epok sa moun te kon manje 3 fois par jour
te gen sekirite ou te kon mache nan la ri lè ou vle depi ou pat nan fè polotik ou pa gen pwoblèm timoun te kon al lekol lari yo te kon pwop te gen discipline nan peyi
Dr Francois n'avait pas fait les preparations naicessaires a ce qui a trait au passage du pouvoir a son fils. Qui lui meme n'aitais meme pas pres pour le fac. Le concept pourrais marcher si ils avaient des gens avec la capacitee interlectuel et l'honetter,requise.
Le Pere etait un Docteur en Medecine & Le fils tout simplement un Rethorique ou du moins un Philosophe Force,,,We shouldn't expect more from him, we were too Naive...We love you Baby Doc, Cause you didn't know Better...you should never maried the Michelle/Elite/Mulatos/bourjoisie,whom were #1 enemies of your dad...Remember what your dad had said in one of those Interview (4/5 of Haiti population elected him,but not the 10%Mulatos/Elite/Fake Haitians/Bourjoisie vampires...)I could of done worst..
A moins que nom ou ta Evens Paul, ou ta konnen ke mwen konsacre tout adolescence mwen pou mwen ekri yon liv sou histoire d Haiti.
If there is an ignorant between the two of us it is most CERTAINLY YOU. What where the 2 battles that indigenous Haitian warriors won that led them to their Independance? You have a day to answer to that question. Otherwise Shut the fuck up!!!!
who cares about being at the world cup when you have children and decent human beings struggling everyday to eat... The first step is to get good decent men in office who know what the words "ethics" , "honesty", mean! It's time for a change and a drastic one! We can talk about the past all we want, it will not change anything!
Amen, thank god some people like you have not lost their mind! Thank god the Duvalier Legacy as well as the Aristide era are over... The road of recovery will be long but hopefully one day, Haiti will get back on its feet.
Dig into your pass bro. Know all there is to know about your roots and how much haiti has struggled to even get to a point that they can be heard. Look up Dr. Roger Lafontain, Raoul Cedras, Namphey and so many more, it will only help you to know how strong haitians are. "God bless haiti and its people.
well, what i know is, he was doing a bunch of sh8 under ground. beside, both aristide and duvaliers were placed by the foreign committee for their benefits, the only different is, each one wear an opposite mask
democratic my ass! He tried to be president for life ,murdered his opponents (even his friends).and figures amongst the richest people in the caribbean.he armed the poor against the middle class and asked for UN presence in the country.Lavalas shitheads like you should be proud of that democracy you've given us.Gee....thanks!
Also, If Aristide was so keen on having a UN presence, how come the UN have systematically murdered thousands of his supporters. Tens of thousands of people demonstrate for Aristide, and the UN murder them - that doesn't sound to me like someone who was keen on the UN presence.
where do you get this bogus info dude? the UN dint murder anyone, killing a few criminal gang leaders mascarading as rebels, while murdering, kidnapping, gun smuggling drug runninig ect. is hardly killing tens of thousands of Aristide supporters, besides i live in Haiti and daily life are relativaly quite safe now thanks to the UN.
1: I didn't mean to imply that the death toll was in tens of thousands, I should clarify: the demonstrations numbered tens of thousands, the MINUSTAH murders of Aristide's supporters have no official numbers, but are reliably estimated around the 5,000 mark.
That my friend is a lie, the only so called Aristid supporters the UN killed were the criminals terrorizing the local population, they were killed after the Haitian gov tried to negociate with them to give up their weapons, i dont know where your geting this bogus info, 3 years ago i had to carry a gun everywhere i went to feel save, and now i no longer have to, therefore i quite like what the UN has done.
2: If you say you live in Haiti, I'll believe you. However, you speak good (Americanized) English, you can read and write well, and you have enough money for a computer and internet connection. All this would put you firmly in the richer section of Hatian society, which was protected and charmed by the UN, as oppose to the poorer section, which was murderously persecuted.
There is video and eye-witness evidence of the indiscriminate UN massacres of Lavalas, no-one can possibly deny them.
Pasteur Leroy,Mireille Durocher Bertin,to only name those two were among the the first ones to ehjoy the new Aristigre style democracy!Claude Raymond died in jail while holding release papers that had been granted to him by haitian courts years after his liberation had been ordered.Aristigre overruled the court decision and kept him there!You call that democracy or is your research so biased that all you can read is lavalas propaganda?
Claude Raymond was a vicious general of Jean-Claude Duvalier. The degree of corruption in the Haitian courts renders a decision from them pretty irrelevant. Aristide did well to keep Raymond in prison - the last thing Haiti every needed was the return of Duvalierist thugs.
A viscious killer. Over 30,000 people dead in Haiti because of this man. His backers helped to overthrow the democratically elected Prezidan Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
I have many Haitian friends in whom I love dearly and I just want to say that without even ever stepping on the pearl of the Atlantic that this man was pure evil. I am a "white man" but lets not fight over color of skin. We should not generalize people....were suppose to love and support one another. Keep fighting the good fight even when no one is watching... This is the test of a mans true character.
aquaman2000 1 month ago
Do you know who made the documentary?
videcode 6 months ago
This man caused the death of John Kennedy the former president of the united states he was a voodo practitioner.
pwnageking97 7 months ago
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Hello my fellow Americans my name is Norman, I grew up in a very dysfunctional country, a country stolen from one people, built by a group of people stolen from another country, and exploited by white Christians from another country.
Jupiterironman 8 months ago
Wow.... Obviously this was a horrible man, you could cut the tension in here with a knife.
Rsaint17 8 months ago
Oh, look! It's the man who ruined Haiti!
loqutor 8 months ago
@loqutor The White French ruined Haiti. But this guy didn't help Haiti at all either.
DeadHeart150 6 months ago
MONSTER MOTHERFUCKER
dattebayoyondaime 10 months ago
Haiti was a more prosperous country under Duvalier and Baby Doc, than she is today. It seems as if Haiti has fell back almost 60 years. Strong leaders are needed for survivial. I do not believe in murdering people, but strong leaders are needed.
CherokeeCharli 11 months ago 2
@CherokeeCharli Just think a little bit before writing... Take a well-built house, start destroying the base and leave it. It won't fall on you, but on anyone who gets into that house that you started to destroy. What would you say though? That the house broke down after you left it, sure, but you are the one who destroyed it. That's exactly what's happening here, Ok!!!
barnalove1 8 months ago
Cannot believe there are so many people brainwashed and deluded out there, the man was a fucking maniac, he ordered the execution of all black dogs after hearing Barbot could shape shift into one! He kept the heads of political enemies he'd had killed, he's as bad as Amin.
lozinho999 11 months ago
They are a Sons of bitches!!!... booth of them!!!... dictators, killers, murderers, corrupts, and more assassins the two: baby Doc & papá doc
bandittorevell1 1 year ago
gran mierda
mansot01 1 year ago
look at this scumbag he thought he was smart when talking shit nd ruined a country
soundesign007 1 year ago
He and all his family should be jailed for life!!!! ignorant black cunt!!!! he should still be alive so he could be made to suffer.....his son should be thrown in jail and give bread and water for the rest of his life!!!!!
MsRufs 1 year ago 2
He and his name should be sent to hell for all time. saying things were better. haha. You are out of your damm mind they are the reason why the country has not recover
napash77 1 year ago
He and his name should be sent to hell for all time.
napash77 1 year ago
say what YOU WANT THINGS WERE WAY BETTER UNDER THE dUVALIER REGIME...THE COUNTRY IS COMPLETELY DESTROYED TODAY..PHYSICALLY,MORALLY,SPIRITUALLY...UNDER DUVALIER THE COUNTRY HAD A FACE...TOURISTS CAME...UNTIL WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT COMPARE TO HIM I SAY VIVE DUVALIER!!!
quisqueya1804 1 year ago 2
@quisqueya1804 you are corrcet, THE COUNTRY WAS BETTER!
infinity999ful 1 year ago
The Greatest Leader Haiti has ever had!!! Rest in Peace, if he was here now, haiti would be clean, rich, and respected by many countries.
HitmanLocc 1 year ago
Tonton macoutes...brrrr....
LarryScottBB 1 year ago
@wasssuppp08 Um..I simply asked u a question but, speaking as if someone is stupid? is corn on ur part. Perhaps if u had punctuations where they should have been, maybe ur damn comment wouldn't have looked like a damn run on sentence towards the end. Thanx!.
elmerthugg 1 year ago
@wasssuppp08 Can u please explain to me what u mean by "Comedians by Graham Greene which is set in Haiti around the time of this guy. It says in the story he was known as Baron Samedi...?
" bcuz I don't understand.
elmerthugg 1 year ago
I heard that haiti was better during his regime.......today is totally fucked up.........
folladordeprostis 1 year ago
God blessed Haiti with Duvalier's dead
OmegaUnknow 1 year ago
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what dont you all study your history ,he is not what hurt the country its these American,French,and englishmen who has hurt us they are what the bible warned us about theDEVIL they come still,kill and destroy they want help us with any aid because we were the first free blacks they put this hate in us to hate our leaders and we fall for it what a shame please black people educate your self if we don't stand we will fall lets unite
marshabolton 1 year ago
what dont you all study your history ,he is not what hurt the country its these American,French,and englishmen who has hurt us they are what the bible warned us about theDEVIL they come still,kill and destroy they want help us with any aid because we were the first free blacks they put this hate in us to hate our leaders and we fall for it what a shame please black people educate your self if we dont stand we will fall lets unite
marshabolton 1 year ago
my favorite presdident 4 life gaspard boaze
happyhaitian 1 year ago
FUCK HIM
Badhans2007 1 year ago
America put Papa Doc in Power.they surpported him and other things they dont want you to know.
Ayisiens 1 year ago
he was was parnoid tryrant... he was a mixed raced haitians worst nightmare... he sent many of them to their deaths... carried out the most horrid tortures you can imagine... he had many sins... jealousy was only one of many of them... let's just say if he thought you were a threat the best thing you and your family could have done if you lived in those days were to leave the country as soon as possible... preferably canada...
nnnnnsssssssssllllln 1 year ago
@nnnnnsssssssssllllln yup and you can thnk America for that.
Ayisiens 1 year ago
what an ass-whole. he should been killed along with his son. in fact that entire family should be wiped out. still time people.
HAITIcherie1804 1 year ago
who is this man? someone please explain without being bios
kader3kad 1 year ago
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He was the best president we've ever had, if he wasnt so violent he would have been the best world leader, Looks whats happened to Haiti since The Duvalier Era ended in 1986.
oligar33 1 year ago
He was the best president we've ever had, if he wasnt so violent he would have been the best world leader, Looks whats happened to Haiti since The Duvalier Era ended in 1986.
oligar33 1 year ago
Another example of how the USA does not support democracy and freedom.
♥ USA& Papa Doc and Baby Doc♥
WorldAgainstUSA 1 year ago
this animal out lived the other dog called trujillo.
Rico8458 1 year ago
No matter what people say about Dr. Francois Duvalier Haiti was a different place in those days. Yes people did live in fear but Haiti was a place that people respected. As evil as he was there was order, cleanliness, sanitation. Yes he did steal funds but no where near what the current government has stolen and continues to steal from the people. No public official is half as educated as Dr. Francois Duvalier today and fear Haiti has no hope for its future.
plny 1 year ago 2
Fuck you Duvalier. I hope you're burning in hell right now you peice of shit.
Mike50n 1 year ago
Interesting to learn about. I wish there were subtitles. I went to Haiti in 2005, after Aristede was thrown out. It was a mess, with riot after riot in Port-au-Prince... but I must say, everyone treated me so nice!! I am a white girl from the suburbs in PA, and at the time apparently there was a kidnapping crisis over there!! I was young and dumb, and did not do my homework b4 I went over there, but I obviously got lucky!! Either way, the people touched my hearts with their struggle!
maureen1002 1 year ago
Papa Doc was a crule dictator with the tonton macoutes. But, back the nobody in haiti was poor. He gave money to everyone. He was feared, respected, and loved by many people. Believe me because my parents were alive when he and his son ruled Haiti.
freshtodeaf110 1 year ago
Gracias cazadordemolinos tienes toda la razón es su hijo y si Haití a tenido la desgracia de tener gobernantes corruptos y asesinos un mal de nuestros países que triste
Itali13 2 years ago
Gracias cazadordemolinos tienes toda la razón es su hijo
Itali13 2 years ago
F.Duvalier This criminal dictator who turns the dream of the Haitian people in blood and embezzlement who had influences till now.fuck you all duvalierist
soundesign007 2 years ago 2
That was the man...
gthapro 2 years ago
Por ese hijo de puta Haiti esta tan jodido y esta en Francia muy Feliz el desgraciado despues que mando matar a tanta gente
Itali13 2 years ago
@Itali13 ¿Quizá te refieres a su hijo ("Baby Doc")? "Papa Doc" murió en 1971 y fué mucho peor que su cachorro, que es decir bastante.
cazadordemolinos 2 years ago
papa doc is a pice of shit !!!
cgp12878 2 years ago 3
man fuck u lionel187 and AndrewMann552. Duvalier was a good man, it was the army that was corrupt thats why the Tonton Macoute was in place, Duvalier kept Haiti in check the place was clean ppl ate, it was after his regime that the island fell apart.
HitmanLocc 2 years ago
listen! first and for most, you can't even speak with respect! Secondly, my father grew up in haiti under the regime! Duvalier was unethical, ordered thousands to be executed if they did not comply! You can argue all day and be uncivilized with your lack of communication, but facts are there! My last visit in the country back in 1989 was just after a hurricane hit our island! Duvalier was not looking out for the poor but rather the Elite!
lionel187 2 years ago 14
@lionel187 for one i can speak b/c I am Haitian, and secondly Duvalier murdered ppl who talked politically. Duvalier knew that that was the cause of most of the former president being assassinated. Ur parents were probably one of those ppl, who try to over throw the government, now i do admit his son (baby doc) was the down fall of haiti, but not his Father. He over threw the Mulattoes cuz thats the ppl who were gready and didnt care for the ppl.
HitmanLocc 1 year ago
Many tourists say Haiti was nicer under the Duvaliers
organist12345 2 years ago
The tourists did not live there under dictatorship, the citizens of the country had to endure horrific compliance of the regime that was in place. Haitians have been at the mercy of political individuals who were only seeking personal gains through power! The facts are all there to back it up!
lionel187 2 years ago 6
Dictators are not stupid... and tourists are not their people
ndiou72 2 years ago 2
O tatu peba comeu s carnesdesse aí, porque a alma foi pro ...
madokenny 2 years ago
Filho da Puta
madokenny 2 years ago
Fuck Duvalier!
Viva Fidel!
AndrewMann552 2 years ago
dictador hijo de puta
smugul22 2 years ago 2
c'etait un pti idiot devenu docteur en medecine que la bourgeoisie metait au pouvoir avec la complicite des Forces Armées d'Haiti pour etre une doublure comme cela se faisait a cette epoque qui a installé un regime de terreur contre cette bourgeoisie et la majorité nationale de ce pays.
ekeke35 2 years ago
exactement!
lionel187 2 years ago
Yo dont understand haitian politic
ChichoPedroso 2 years ago
Duvalier was a tyrant.
mellowmark1 2 years ago 2
yes he was! And a coward! May he rest in hell!
lionel187 2 years ago 3
hope this neggo was back to life and be president again cause haiti is full of viruses that need to be neutralize
lilmolo 2 years ago
preach it brother preach it...
real3rdlife 2 years ago
Papa Doc wasn't a good president you idiots. Why do you think so many Haitians moved to Florida? To get away from Papa Doc's reign.
772boi772 2 years ago
He is the beginning of the nightmare of Haiti! He was the ignition of a wide spread cancer of the former beautiful land of Haiti!
lionel187 2 years ago
I know.
772boi772 2 years ago
NO! It was the U.S
MrShakazulu 2 years ago
Easy to blame! the blame game is not going to resolve anything! Being accountable is what resolves issues. We Haitians must first find a way to create a sense of political ethics to run the country!
lionel187 2 years ago 3
Papa Doc was a great Right-wing Anti-communist ruler! Aristide murdered thousands and was a Leftist murdering thieving dictator.
Down with Marxism!
Rightist2 2 years ago
COOL STORY BRO
TwoCows23 2 years ago
ok first of all, people like you are the ones that start stupid political arguements. it's ok to have your right or left wing opinions but no one else really gives a shit. keep your stupid ass comments to yourself. the only reason you said that is cuz your a rightist. papa doc actually was a shitty president (dictator but w/e) so get over yourself
tyhill129 2 years ago
@Rightist2 I'm sure you don't know how to read to say those such things, IDIOT IMBECILE
MrMalcomx1 2 years ago
@Rightist2,
Ok Papa Doc was anti-communism but he wasn't a capitalist. Had he been a real capitalist Haiti would have had both economic and political freedom.
CrowdPleeza 2 years ago
I don't freaking care what most of these lavalas kaka are saying here but i would take him back any day instead of having these money hungry dogs in power , i mean can you even compare ??? At list things were getting done back then ! What about now? killings and stealing all the damn time i don't see him in power ! When his son left the country was still in good shape , so what now are you going to blame all the trash and crap in the streets on them too ?? Go get a damn life , losers !
chica4509 2 years ago
Gade eta dent kk!!! Get manman ou!!Chien! This Guy killed a lot of people in Jeremie, Haiti...
timaliceetbouqui 2 years ago
oui ,se vre ,tout fanmi sansarick lan,ak anpil lot.men se consequences racisme,francois te frustre nan jeunesse li a cause de humiliation li te we lot noir tankou l tap pran nan men mulatres yo
JerryMyersTV 2 years ago
vs B-Rabbit
mralexis96 2 years ago
EL PAPA, EL GRAN VOODOO JAMBALYA.
azalori 2 years ago
I SAID JAMBALAYA
azalori 2 years ago
damn this must b ancient
daddi617 2 years ago
What?Obama?
generalmalan 2 years ago
Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier was a far-right wing ruler. Obama is a leftist. You stupid Hungarian Magyar scum.
Bow down before your Aryan master you dumb Magyar.
Rightist2 2 years ago
This man was a psychopath and his son's had the same genes as he have them. they are/was scum of the earth........They wpould eat your children, which they did, they straved the children of Ayiti
MatuArt 2 years ago 2
This man was a criminal.I have read letters signed by his hand ordering the murder of opposition leaders.But sadly Aristide came after and proved that the only way to lead a haitian is with a stick and a strong arm.Duvalier kicked ass and Aristide let loose.The result is what we have now :ANARCHIE.The lesson we all need to learn here is that dictatorship and extreme brutality will only blind people into thinking that leftist catholic priests can do better .What we need is a balance of force .
seilakennels 2 years ago
Tant que les Haïtiens n'auront pas réhabilité François Duvalier,c'est à dire établir clairement quelles ont été ses forces, quelles ont été ses faiblesses afin de pouvoir s'inspirer de ses forces pour avancer, le pays ne pourra pas décoller. II faut être de mauvaise foi, ou être ignorant pour renier totalement le meilleur régime qu'a connu Haiti pendant ces 50 dernières années..
Y. Basquiat
Mymkathebee 2 years ago
En effet!
deeznuts2040 2 years ago
Le seul et le seul a tenir tete aux foutu ricains voila pk ils ont tout fait pour salir sa reputation he wasn't a saint mais tout ce que je sais a son epoque haiti etait le premier ds la caraibes jamais minustha ou fuckin trinidad nor st vincent auraient pu dire que l existence d' haiti est genant dans la caraibes ....one of my top 5 haitian leaders
cacique henry
Toussaint
Dessalines
The king Chjristophe
The emperor Soulouque
and The Doc aka Duvalier The great
tout lot yo se kaka
real3rdlife 2 years ago
haiti waz organized wen papa doc was in office i heard of wat he did but hey some ppl need discipline and most important we had an military now we da poorest country and the u.n. is running our country we need dictatorship for haiti long live duvalier!!!
yquincy187 2 years ago
Any one that has lived the Duvalier years can really say they have met the devil...May he return to hell and never return.
gonaive 2 years ago 8
@gonaive Its Americas fault.they put him in power.they supported what he did.they told him to do what he done.
Ayisiens 1 year ago
GWOZ0Z0 He wasn't a puppet....just a fucking clown
sass104505 2 years ago
...So, they interpret the modicum of stability and prosperity that they saw under the Duvalier regime as the best things to have happened in Haiti.
One last thing: you shouldn't let your hatred of the elite make you lose sight of what is right and wrong.
Finally, those videos are great records of our country's history.
vincentolivr 3 years ago
The problem with a lot of people is that they don't read and therefore do not understand the history of Haiti. Haiti had a decent economy before Duvalier, so it wasn't Duvalier who brought the prosperity that they saw when they were growing up. On the contrary, Duvalier was the last nail in the coffin of a former prosperous country. Certain people are only aware of what took place during their lifetime due to a lack of education; they have no idea of haitian histroy beyond Duvalier...
vincentolivr 3 years ago
...For him to harbor anti-american sentiments, he was at the forefront of the noirist movement. But, once the opportunity presented itself, he weaseled his way into a government post and germinated there until the right moment came for him to declare his candidacy and eventually stole the election with the help of the Americans. The same Americans he opposed because of their occupation of Haiti had put him in power. Everything Duvalier did was to increase his own power and fill his pocket.
vincentolivr 3 years ago
...When they were not hungry and they could walk the streets at night. What they won't admit is that those good things came with the price of countless murders. While you were enjoying your freedom, there were people being tortured at Fort Dimanche and bodies of political prisoners going to Titanyen. So, keep lying to yourself about what a great leader he was, when the truth is that he was a coward throughout his whole life. He was nothing but an opportunist. When it was convenient...
vincentolivr 3 years ago
Do you think that the roads and schools that he built justified the death of other Haitians? Duvalier did not care for you; he did not care for his people, so why do you celebrate him? He used fear to control Haitians and promote his agenda; his sole agenda which was to enrich himself and his friends. He abused the Vodou religion and used the image of Bawon Samdi as a promotional tool. Such blasphemy!
Yet, there are Haitians everywhere waxing nostalgic about a supposed Duvalier era...
vincentolivr 3 years ago 3
amen!
lionel187 2 years ago
It's hard to believe some of the things that I read on this thread. No wonder Haiti is in so much trouble; no wonder there's so much corruption and crimes are rampant. I'm seriously disappointed in those of you who defend Duvalier. Since I don't have a lot of time to answer to you individually, I will address you as a whole. To those of you who applaud the things that Duvalier accomplished while in power, you should always bear in mind that he accomplished them through bloodshed (continued)
vincentolivr 3 years ago
I am glad to read your comment. I grew up listening to the horrors my father told me about. The things he witnessed when he grew up during those times... There were not positive. He had nothing good to say about the Duvalier era! this regime lead to more corruption and as time went by, many others wanted to get a share of the wealth. None of them cared about the well being of the citizens of the nation, nor the economy of the nation!
lionel187 2 years ago
DUVALIER For Life
1990ernesto 3 years ago
Anything is better than a puppet government!
This man wasn't
GWOZ0Z0 3 years ago
He is a GREAT ASSHOLE, Diktator like Idi Amin
i was in haiti 1981 - verry poor people and he have a big villa and boat. He was a pig!
PetrHippie44 3 years ago
viv papa doc
kostco53 3 years ago
tu es fou.
inferno0020 3 years ago
viv papa doc
GWOZ0Z0 3 years ago 2
dumb fuck!
kettoukettou1991 3 years ago
Duvalier was a glorified slave doing the bidding of his masters in the United States. He submitted to the american agenda of suppressing all forms of socialism that would have laid the ground for the redistribution of wealth in Haiti. Him and Ronald Reagan are the ones who belong on the ashe heap of history, not communism.
vincentoliv 3 years ago 2
papa doc
RichyJA 3 years ago
mwen menm mwen pa divalieris paske sou epok Divalier mwen pot ko fèt
men sa mwen kon tande gran mwen a p di epok sa moun te kon manje 3 fois par jour
te gen sekirite ou te kon mache nan la ri lè ou vle depi ou pat nan fè polotik ou pa gen pwoblèm timoun te kon al lekol lari yo te kon pwop te gen discipline nan peyi
mwen pa gen oken pati mwen jis pou yon logik
manou2329 3 years ago 4
I have an amateur interest in linguistics... Is that Haitian Creole? I can almost see some francais in there...
MLD321 3 years ago
thats because it is french fool its not haitian creole.
albrown34 3 years ago
I'm french speaking. Fool. I was not replying to the video.
It was directed at manou2329.
Go back to bed.
MLD321 3 years ago 2
noob
mamypokopants 3 years ago
If this is French: "mwen menm mwen pa divalieris paske sou epok Divalier mwen pot ko fèt
men sa mwen kon tande gran mwen a p di epok sa moun te kon manje fois par jour" Then the writer needs some french lessons in writing french.
MLD321 3 years ago
That's great! Good work!
jlpainson 4 years ago
Dr Francois n'avait pas fait les preparations naicessaires a ce qui a trait au passage du pouvoir a son fils. Qui lui meme n'aitais meme pas pres pour le fac. Le concept pourrais marcher si ils avaient des gens avec la capacitee interlectuel et l'honetter,requise.
5thDimention 4 years ago 4
Duvalier, malad mantal, Lisife. Divalye ak fanatik-li yo se prev ke Satan egziste.
Banm koulangyet manman-nou! Ras an san Divalye kondane pou legzil jouk tan sispann egziste. ABA KAKA!!
Huge1too 4 years ago
femen djol ou kaka chen viv duvalier papa doc ak roi christophe se sel vrai chef ke haiti te genyen....
real3rdlife 3 years ago
jardinnoel u fuckin idiot
real3rdlife 4 years ago
Le Pere etait un Docteur en Medecine & Le fils tout simplement un Rethorique ou du moins un Philosophe Force,,,We shouldn't expect more from him, we were too Naive...We love you Baby Doc, Cause you didn't know Better...you should never maried the Michelle/Elite/Mulatos/bourjoisie,whom were #1 enemies of your dad...Remember what your dad had said in one of those Interview (4/5 of Haiti population elected him,but not the 10%Mulatos/Elite/Fake Haitians/Bourjoisie vampires...)I could of done worst..
tianglade 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
vive mulatres..aba neg nwe,aba neg anba..VIV MOUN ROUJ ANWO
TiZoDous 4 years ago
Ma famille est mulâtre. Nous avons sensations aussi! NOUS POUVONS PAS CONTROLER QUI NOUS SOMMES!
kevinjw90 3 years ago
Devil !!! destroyed haiti for ever! turned haiti back into a slave nation. Damn all Duvalier
gonaive 4 years ago 3
suck a dick asswipe, what did other presidents do for haiti? Have we ever been to the World cup since 1974?
All lave bouda ou epi bwe dlo kaka a
sacha9646 4 years ago
Mz Sacha - Age: 21 & knows all about Haitian History!
LOL!
Ignorance is Bliss! LOL!
EV
Evens1 3 years ago
A moins que nom ou ta Evens Paul, ou ta konnen ke mwen konsacre tout adolescence mwen pou mwen ekri yon liv sou histoire d Haiti.
If there is an ignorant between the two of us it is most CERTAINLY YOU. What where the 2 battles that indigenous Haitian warriors won that led them to their Independance? You have a day to answer to that question. Otherwise Shut the fuck up!!!!
sacha9646 3 years ago
who cares about being at the world cup when you have children and decent human beings struggling everyday to eat... The first step is to get good decent men in office who know what the words "ethics" , "honesty", mean! It's time for a change and a drastic one! We can talk about the past all we want, it will not change anything!
lionel187 2 years ago
Amen, thank god some people like you have not lost their mind! Thank god the Duvalier Legacy as well as the Aristide era are over... The road of recovery will be long but hopefully one day, Haiti will get back on its feet.
lionel187 2 years ago
Dig into your pass bro. Know all there is to know about your roots and how much haiti has struggled to even get to a point that they can be heard. Look up Dr. Roger Lafontain, Raoul Cedras, Namphey and so many more, it will only help you to know how strong haitians are. "God bless haiti and its people.
gonaive 2 years ago
The Duvalier legacy will never quite be over.
The Aristide era was the first democratic era Haiti ever had!
LastAngryMan2 2 years ago 3
Democratic???? hum
kbotreau 2 years ago
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TheWiseMonkeyPrince 2 years ago
well, what i know is, he was doing a bunch of sh8 under ground. beside, both aristide and duvaliers were placed by the foreign committee for their benefits, the only different is, each one wear an opposite mask
kbotreau 2 years ago
democratic my ass! He tried to be president for life ,murdered his opponents (even his friends).and figures amongst the richest people in the caribbean.he armed the poor against the middle class and asked for UN presence in the country.Lavalas shitheads like you should be proud of that democracy you've given us.Gee....thanks!
seilakennels 2 years ago
I never claim certainty, but the evidence I have come across so far very strongly indicates that what you say is incorrect.
",murdered his opponents (even his friends).and figures amongst the richest people in the caribbean"
Are you joking? Petion-ville crushed Aristide's supporters, not the other way round.
LastAngryMan2 2 years ago
Also, If Aristide was so keen on having a UN presence, how come the UN have systematically murdered thousands of his supporters. Tens of thousands of people demonstrate for Aristide, and the UN murder them - that doesn't sound to me like someone who was keen on the UN presence.
LastAngryMan2 2 years ago
where do you get this bogus info dude? the UN dint murder anyone, killing a few criminal gang leaders mascarading as rebels, while murdering, kidnapping, gun smuggling drug runninig ect. is hardly killing tens of thousands of Aristide supporters, besides i live in Haiti and daily life are relativaly quite safe now thanks to the UN.
deeznuts2040 2 years ago
Two points in response:
1: I didn't mean to imply that the death toll was in tens of thousands, I should clarify: the demonstrations numbered tens of thousands, the MINUSTAH murders of Aristide's supporters have no official numbers, but are reliably estimated around the 5,000 mark.
LastAngryMan2 2 years ago
That my friend is a lie, the only so called Aristid supporters the UN killed were the criminals terrorizing the local population, they were killed after the Haitian gov tried to negociate with them to give up their weapons, i dont know where your geting this bogus info, 3 years ago i had to carry a gun everywhere i went to feel save, and now i no longer have to, therefore i quite like what the UN has done.
deeznuts2040 2 years ago
2: If you say you live in Haiti, I'll believe you. However, you speak good (Americanized) English, you can read and write well, and you have enough money for a computer and internet connection. All this would put you firmly in the richer section of Hatian society, which was protected and charmed by the UN, as oppose to the poorer section, which was murderously persecuted.
There is video and eye-witness evidence of the indiscriminate UN massacres of Lavalas, no-one can possibly deny them.
LastAngryMan2 2 years ago
Where can i find this video? lol
deeznuts2040 2 years ago
You scoff - do you actually want me to send you the links? I will if you like.
LastAngryMan2 2 years ago
Pasteur Leroy,Mireille Durocher Bertin,to only name those two were among the the first ones to ehjoy the new Aristigre style democracy!Claude Raymond died in jail while holding release papers that had been granted to him by haitian courts years after his liberation had been ordered.Aristigre overruled the court decision and kept him there!You call that democracy or is your research so biased that all you can read is lavalas propaganda?
seilakennels 2 years ago
Claude Raymond was a vicious general of Jean-Claude Duvalier. The degree of corruption in the Haitian courts renders a decision from them pretty irrelevant. Aristide did well to keep Raymond in prison - the last thing Haiti every needed was the return of Duvalierist thugs.
LastAngryMan2 2 years ago
@LastAngryMan2 how do u feel about ur reply now?looks like u were right
princeatom3121 2 years ago
A viscious killer. Over 30,000 people dead in Haiti because of this man. His backers helped to overthrow the democratically elected Prezidan Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
ayiticheri77 4 years ago
have you ever suck a dick before? because Wht did Aristide do for us? see the photos from 1974-2007
sacha9646 4 years ago
i didnt know footage like this exist keep up the good work wilnernau
makandal01 4 years ago
tonton makout
jardinnoel 4 years ago
mé yon lòt ougan
teck9troublesome 4 years ago
bon bagay!
boukman2004 4 years ago
Bon bagay? Genle ou fou.
BKRudeBuoy 4 years ago
ou pi fou pase'm!
pose'w ti mal pou'w ka bwe 2 biere.
boukman2004 4 years ago
Pi fou pase'w? O o! Malendren. Si ou pa gen Prestige, ou pa bezwen di anyen mèm!
BKRudeBuoy 4 years ago
Pawol ou yo san sans,yo tet anba.
malenden pou malendren se ou.
boukman2004 4 years ago