Colonel Heinl is a retired Marine officer who served as chief of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group in Haiti, and also as commander of the U.S. naval mission there until expelled by President ...

Haiti probably has less to celebrate than any other country on earth. Yet last week, in a four-day binge that it could ill afford, it celebrated the 60th birthday and tenth anniversary in power of the ...

How could Haiti even get to the point that its capital, Port-au-Prince, is paralyzed by armed gangs? For at least part of the answer, take a look at its history. You may find it hard to believe. The ...

Last week, former Haitian President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier returned to Haiti, ending his 25-year exile after a 1986 popular uprising had ousted the notoriously corrupt ruler. As the still ...

Involving criminal leaders in Haiti’s next government is a dangerous and ludicrous idea. By Jean-Philippe Austin How did the modern world’s most successful slave revolt give birth to a desperately ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Jean-Claude Duvalier, who presided over what was widely acknowledged as a corrupt and brutal regime as the self-proclaimed “president for life” of Haiti until a popular ...

<p>Outwardly a dictator who would not hesitate to kill his enemies in order to maintain his power over Haiti, François Duvalier wanted the world to believe he was really just a simple little country ...