The Caribbean island of Hispaniola is divided into two nations—Haiti, where the politics is bad; and the Dominican Republic, where it is worse. Over the past four years, Haiti’s President François ...

In one of the closest approximations of a free election in ail of Haiti’s dictator ridden history, François Duvalier won the presidency in 1957 on his record as a selfless country doctor fighting ...

The greatest English-language novel about Haiti is The Comedians by Graham Greene. Set during the Cold War, it explores life under the regime of Francois Duvalier, widely known as Papa Doc, who ruled ...

Here is a brief chronology of milestones in the life of ex-Haitian dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier: — April 1971: Haitian dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier dies and his teenage son, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many Haitians are wary of International forces. Jaime Razuri/AFP via Getty Images) Haiti appears to be on the precipice of foreign ...