Jean-Claude Duvalier clique of hardline Duvalierist cronies, the so-called "dinosaurs". Foreign officials and observers also seemed tolerant toward "Baby Doc" in areas such as human rights monitoring and foreign countries were more generous to him with economic assistance. The Nixon administration restored the United States aid program for Haiti in 1971. On 27 May 1980, Duvalier married Michèle Bennett Pasquet in a wedding that cost US$2million. The extravagance of the couple's wedding did not lack local critics, though "The Christian Science Monitor" reported that "the event... was enthusiastically received by a majority of Haitians". Discontent among the business community and elite intensified
Jean-Claude Raphael Jean-Claude Raphael Jean-Claude Raphael (born 5 March 1973) is a Mauritian judoka and the main coach at Kokoro Judo Coaching. Jean-Claude represented Mauritius at the Atlanta Olympic Games and achieved 9th at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He is a Commonwealth Games Gold medalist, Indian Ocean Games Gold medalist, African Judo Championship Gold medalist and has competed internationally for many years before retiring from professional competition after the Sydney Olympic Games. (from Kokoro Judo / Our Story) Jean-Claude is the main coach at Kokoro Judo Coaching that he runs together with his wife in Penrith outside Sydney, NSW, Australia. Jean-Claude