Son of Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, and quite the little
dictator in his own right, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier cut a successful path
of terror and self-enrichment through Haiti back in the day. After he was deposed in 1986 he went off to
France and retired, quietly, in
circumstances that ranged from luxury to mere prosperity. He died this year.
It took tremendous talent to get away with all of that and
then go on to enjoy a long, sometimes luxurious retirement. He even returned to Haiti late in life. Some people complained, but he got away with
that too. In twenty plus years of
retirement he had had people in several countries trying to prosecute him, but
he managed to keep them all at arm’s length and die a free man (albeit under
indictment).
So kudos, Baby Doc.
Somehow you bent the world to your will; you made the world in your
image. Those are rare things. Man of the Year!
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