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200 years ago?  Papa Doc was a mid-century dictator, 1957-1971, not the revolutionary of yore.
by Zwackus on Sun Nov 16th, 2008 at 04:44:43 PM EST
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 Maracuta said:


Petion's land reform contributed just as much to the dire situation today as did the colonial policies you cite.

"Alexandre Pétion , 1770-1818, Haitian revolutionist."

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Petion-A.html

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Sun Nov 16th, 2008 at 05:24:47 PM EST
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