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Le Monde.fr - 1er site d’information sur l’actualité. Retrouvez ici une archive du 22 mai 1968 sur le sujet Des groupes révolutionnaires débarquent dans l'île tandis que la capitale est bombardée.
In a new documentary presented at the Cannes Film Festival, director Raoul Peck uses the British writer’s thoughts to analyze ...
The history of famous dictators is filled with bizarre claims and personal myths. From Idi Amin and Kim Jong Il to Vladimir ...
De Gaza aux Etats-Unis de Donald Trump en passant par l'Ukraine et le mouvement #MeToo, le 78e Festival de Cannes, qui arrive à mi-parcours, a déjà été marqué par des prises de position fortes.
François Duvalier and his son, Jean-Claude Duvalier, known as “Papa Doc” and “Baby Doc” respectively, used violence as a tool to squash dissent. In Haiti, the Duvaliers controlled the ...
After being elected president of Haiti in 1957, François Duvalier thwarting a military coup d’état in 1958 and established a dictatorship that he and his son, Jean-Claude Duvalier, controlled ...
It was led by Francois Duvalier alias “Papa Doc” which not only brutalised the citizenry and stole the country blind, but also vastly increased its debts. When he died in 1971, his son ...
François Duvalier, also known as “Papa Doc” in 1959. The Tonton Macoutes marked nearly thirty years of dictatorship and harsh rule that lasted until 1986. “I graduated school in June and ...
It was based on his experience of living under the brutal dictatorship of François Duvalier, known as Papa Doc. Frankétienne also was renowned for works including “Au Fil du Temps ...
Born in 1953 in Port-au-Prince, Peck left Haiti at the age of 8. Fleeing François Duvalier's dictatorship, his parents settled in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where his father, an ...
Jean-Claude Duvalier est né le 3 juillet 1951 à Port-au-Prince, la capitale d'Haïti. Fils du président à vie François Duvalier, également connu sous le nom de "Papa Doc", Il a grandi dans l ...
Fabienne Josaphat’s genre-blending novel about members of the Black Panther Party won the Bellwether Prize in 2023.