Robert is joined by Propaganda to discuss Pappa Doc and Baby Doc.FOOTNOTES:https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/23/archives/papa-doc-a-ruthless-dictator-kept-the-haitians-in-illiteracy-and.htmlhttp://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,870257,00.htmlhttps://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/duvalier-francois-papa-doc-1907-1971/https://archive.org/details/dominicanrepubli00metz/page/462/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://books.google.com/books?id=wFrAOqfhuGYC&pg=PA391#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttps://archive.org/details/haitiduvaliersth00abbo/page/8/mode/2upCharles River Editors. Papa Doc and Baby Doc Duvalier: The Lives and Legacies of Haiti’s Most Notorious Rulers (pp. 15-16). Charles River Editors. Kindle Edition.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/jean-claude-duvalier-ex-haitian-leader-known-as-baby-doc-dies-at-63/2014/10/04/ecdaa2bc-4be3-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.htmlhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jean-claude-duvalier-former-president-haiti-who-brutalised-his-opponents-and-was-prevented-returning-back-country-9776019.htmlhttps://www.thenation.com/article/archive/terror-repression-and-diaspora-baby-doc-legacy-haiti/https://origins.osu.edu/article/pact-devil-united-states-and-fate-modern-haiti/page/0/1 Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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