[
US
/duˈvæɫjɝ/
]
NOUN
- son and successor of Francois Duvalier as president of Haiti; he was overthrown by a mass uprising in 1986 (born in 1951)
- oppressive Haitian dictator (1907-1971)
How To Use Duvalier In A Sentence
- To guarantee an S. R.O crowd for their execution, Duvalier ordered all businesses closed and schools let out; backland peasants were trucked into Port-au-Prince. Ferentz LaFargue: Edwidge Danticat's Immigrant Artist at Work
- Hay dinero para mantener una ocupación que debiera utilizarse mejor en cancelar la deuda externa haitiana, oneroso legado de las dictaduras de los Duvalier. Anarkismo.net
- The legacy of the Duvalierist years included endemic corruption and vast ecological damage.
- International human rights groups have called for the prosecution of the former Haitian leader Jean-Claude Duvalier, who returned to his homeland on Sunday after 25 years in exile.
- In his book, "The Missionary Position", he berated her for spreading an extreme form of Catholicism and for accepting money from dodgy people such as "Papa Doc" Duvalier, the late dictator of Haiti.
- The legacy of the Duvalierist years included endemic corruption and vast ecological damage.
- Using brutal tactics Duvalier created a rural militia to intimidate the population.
- The legacy of the Duvalierist years included endemic corruption and vast ecological damage.
- Although the country rid itself of the brutal regimes of Duvalier père and fils in 1986, the legacy of oppression remains.
- Duvalier's allegedly embezzled funds and is designed to make it easier for Swiss authorities to return illegally obtained funds to their country of origin.