11 July 1998 Do you know who “Papa Doc” was? Have you forgotten? Francois Duvalier, doctor, voodoo mystic, self-proclaimed visionary and staunch nationalist who, before coming to power, had his representatives in six Haitian governments which were formed in the space of ten months, and who, beginning with September 1957, was president of Haiti for 14 years. He’s the man […]

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