Baby Doc Tries to Do Good
In a transformation befitting of Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol,” Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, now back in his homeland after years in exile, wants to lay his hands on millions of dollars, he says, to help rebuild his catastrophe-ridden homeland.
In a transformation befitting of Charles Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol,” Haiti’s former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, now back in his homeland after years in exile, wants to lay his hands on millions of dollars, he says, to help rebuild his catastrophe-ridden homeland.
His lawyer says Duvalier wants to unfreeze millions held in Swiss bank accounts in order to aid his people. –JCL
TRUTHDIG’S JOURNALISM REMAINS CLEARCNN:
An American attorney representing Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier said Saturday that the former dictator returned to Haiti in hopes of recovering millions frozen in Swiss bank accounts and channeling them through a U.S. intermediary to help rebuild his troubled homeland.
In the past, Duvalier has attempted to personally claim the $5.7 million in a bank account belonging to a family foundation. But attorney Ed Marger said the highly controversial and polarizing former leader now wants to use the money to help Haiti, devastated a year ago by a massive earthquake.
“He doesn’t want the funds for himself,” Marger told CNN. “He wants a transparent entity to release the funds.”
The storytellers of chaos tried to manipulate the political and media narrative in 2025, but independent journalism exposed what they tried to hide. When you read Truthdig, you see through the illusion.
Support Independent Journalism.
Editorial Cartoons
TD Column
The Trump economy has been a disaster for working people. But in exposing the moral rot permeating our ruling elite, it offers Democrats an opening.
Media
Recent reporting on the Trump Organization's lucrative real estate dealings in Saudi Arabia have raised no questions at the paper of record.
Editorial Cartoons
TD Column
The White House ballroom under construction is a monument to Trumpism that needs no guide.
Politics
The embattled New York mayor's campaign sought public matching funds for donors who insist they didn’t give.
You need to be a supporter to comment.
There are currently no responses to this article.
Be the first to respond.