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Former Haiti dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier dies

New York Times: Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier died Saturday, officials said. He was 63.

Duvalier ruled the country for nearly 15 years until his ouster in 1986.

Photo credit: Eliana Aponte Tobar for The New York Times

I was in Haiti at the time of  demonstrations which led up to Baby Doc’s flight from Haiti.