Though he was a dictator, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier is remembered best for rarely being in control. He was thrust into power against his will in 1971, at the ridiculous age of 19, when his dying ...

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 ...

In 1971 at age 19, Jean-Claude Duvalier became the world’s youngest president when his father, Francois Duvalier, died of a sudden illness. He ruled for 15 years before going into exile in 1986.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-- Jean-Claude-Duvalier, the self-proclaimed "president for life" of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him into a 25-year exile, died ...

Marjorie Valbrun is a Haitian-American journalist and a frequent contributor to The Root. When I met Jean-Claude Duvalier in 2003, it was the culmination of a long-held personal and professional goal.

The government of Jean-Claude Duvalier established its roots 28 years ago when his father, Francois Duvalier, became president in an election that followed a turbulent period of military coups and ...

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 ...

Just before I met Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier for the first time, I had a panic attack — a full-blown, heart-racing, chest-tightening, sweat-dripping, stomach-churning crisis. The year was 2003, ...

Jean-Claude Duvalier, the second-generation “president for life” who plunged one of the world’s poorest countries into further despair by presiding over widespread killing, torture and plunder, died ...

It was reported by his lawyer that Haitian ex-dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier died of a heart attack October 4, 2014. Pictured, Duvalier waves as he is taken into custody by Haitian police at ...