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Seeds of fiction : Graham Greene's adventures in Haiti and Central America, 1954-1983
In 1965, Graham Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. They were accompanied by an activist priest, Jean-Claude Bajeux. This new biography finally illuminates a pivotal episode in Greene's life and career.
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Haitian strongman Namphy a victim of ego, paranoia
They describe [Henri Namphy] as a tough and stubborn officer, shrewd enough to survive the purging, killing and exiling of army officers under the previous dictatorship. Namphy was known mainly for his bamboching (partying), not for repressive acts committed during the dictatorship. He seized upon opportunity - the non-violent movement to dump Jean-Claude Duvalier - when the time came. The former friends all believe that Namphy embraced his challenge sincerely - at the beginning. He really meant it when he said that his greatest ambition was to be able to walk the streets freely as Citizen Namphy after Feb. 7, 1988, when a new president was scheduled to take power. The old friends partly blame flaws in Namphy's character and partly blame careful scheming by Duvalierists. While public clamor forced the Duvalierists off centre-stage in the first year of Namphy's rule, they remained in the wings helping to script the political play. The old-line Duvalierists - supporters of Papa Doc who celebrated the ouster of Baby Doc after he turned his back on them in the early 1970s - carefully worked on and against Namphy, seeking to erode his public support while trying to bring him into their camp. The Duvalierists were helped along at the end of the summer when Namphy became so angry that he refused to read newspapers, listen to the radio or watch TV. Without any direct communication with Haitian reality, he exposed himself to the disinformation of these \"experts.\" By August he was no longer plain Henri or \"Chouchou\" but President Namphy; he ordered the presidential hymn played for his ceremonial appearances. His diatribes against priests, politicians and meddling foreigners were so loud and blasphemous that one visitor remembers leaving Namphy's ranch house in the Cul de Sac Valley filled with gloom and fear. Reporters, said Namphy, were filthy rabble-rousers; Haiti was experiencing not democracy but \"radiocracy.\"
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Despot general casts pall on Haitians quest for democracy
The morning after Bloody Sunday, when scores of voters were butchered at the polls, a number of friends of Lt. Gen. Henri Namphy found themselves among the disillusioned Haitians. That Sunday, Nov. 29, ended Haiti's first attempt at democratic elections.
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Haiti: Gen. Namphy Wrecks Citizen Namphy's Best Ambition
The morning after Bloody Sunday, when scores of voters were butchered at the polls, a number of friends of Lt. Gen. Henri Namphy found themselves among the disillusioned Haitians. That Sunday ended Haiti's first attempt at democratic elections. Namphy, president of the ruling National Council of...
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Despot general casts pall on Haitians' quest for democracy
The morning after Bloody Sunday, when scores of voters were butchered at the polls, a number of friends of Lt. Gen. Henri Namphy found themselves among the disillusioned Haitians. That Sunday, Nov. 29, ended Haiti's first attempt at democratic elections...
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Haiti: Gen. Namphy Wrecks Citizen Namphy's Best Ambition
They describe [Henri Namphy] as a tough and stubborn officer, shrewd enough to survive the purging, killing and exiling of army officers under the previous dictatorship. Namphy was known mainly for his partying, not for repressive acts committed during the dictatorship. He seized upon opportunity-the nonviolent movement to dump Jean-Claude Duvalier-when the time came. The former friends all believe that Namphy embraced his challenge sincerely-at the beginning. He really meant it when he said that his greatest ambition was to be able to walk the streets freely as citizen Namphy after Feb. 7, 1988, when a new president was scheduled to take power. The old friends partly blame flaws in Namphy's character and partly blame careful scheming by Duvalierists. While public clamor forced the Duvalierists off center stage in the first year of Namphy's rule, they remained in the wings helping script the political play. The old-line Duvalierists-supporters of Papa Doc who celebrated the ouster of Baby Doc after he turned his back on them in the early 1970s-carefully worked on and against Namphy, seeking to erode his public support while trying to bring him into their camp. The Duvalierists were helped along at the end of the summer when Namphy became so angry that he refused to read newspapers, listen to the radio or watch TV. Without any direct communication with Haitian reality, he exposed himself to the disinformation of these \"experts.\" By August he was no longer plain Henri or \"Chouchou\" but President Namphy; he ordered the presidential hymn be played for his ceremonial appearances. His diatribes against priests, politicians and meddling foreigners were so loud and blasphemous that one visitor remembers leaving Namphy's ranch house in the Cul de Sac Valley filled with gloom and fear. Reporters, said Namphy, were filthy rabble-rousers; Haiti was experiencing not democracy but \"radiocracy.\"
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Haiti's Army Shoots at Haiti's Press
The Haitian army is aiming at the Haitian press. On one particularly harrowing day last month, soldiers shot and wounded two Haitian newsmen while another group of soldiers opened fire on eight foreign journalists, killing a young Haitian who had been accompanying them.
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