This would do a lot for Bush-styled democracy, wouldn't it?
Duvalier Wants to Return to Haiti Soon
Reuters
Tue Mar 2,11:08 AM ET
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Deposed Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier wants to return as soon as possible to his homeland, where Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned as president after armed rebels took over much of the country.
Duvalier said in a television interview aired late on Monday, a day after Aristide fled Haiti, that he had requested a diplomatic passport several weeks ago, although he does not plan to run for president.
"That is not on my agenda," the 52-year-old former ruler, now living in France, told WFOR-CBS4 television in Miami.
Duvalier said he welcomed the presence of U.S. Marines sent to help restore order in Haiti and that he was deeply concerned by the situation in the Caribbean state, although he expected Haiti to stabilize quickly.
"I'm shocked by the situation my country is in," he said.
Duvalier said he was in constant touch with people in Haiti, although he has no relationship with the anti-Aristide rebels who took control of much of the country.
"I think I'm getting close and that I will soon have the opportunity to go back to my country," he said.
Duvalier was forced into exile in France in February 1986, ending a brutal three-decade family dictatorship begun by his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
The government of Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas, says the Duvalier regime stole $500 million from the country's treasury. Human rights groups say Duvalier should face charges for the slayings, torture and imprisonment of thousands of people seen as opponents of his rule.
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