Anti-Duvalier protest movement Anti-Duvalier protest movement The Anti-Duvalier protest movement was a series of demonstrations in Haiti from 23 May 1984 – 7 February 1986, that led to the overthrow of President Jean-Claude Duvalier and the Duvalier dynasty regime. Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier was elected to presidency in the 1957 general election, and he declared himself “President for life” following the 1964 constitutional referendum. In the aftermath of the 1958 coup d'état attempt, to keep the populace subservient, Papa Doc created a paramilitary force called the Tonton Macoutes (), notorious of its use of violence and intimidation. In 1970, the force was renamed
Jean-Claude Guillebaud Jean-Claude Guillebaud Jean-Claude Guillebaud (21 May 1944, Algiers) is a French writer, essayist, lecturer and journalist. A journalist at the daily "Sud Ouest", then at the newspaper "Le Monde" and the weekly "Le Nouvel Observateur", Jean-Claude Guillebaud also directed the organisation Reporters Without Borders. In 1972 he was the recipient of the Prix Albert-Londres. He is a member of the sponsorship committee of the of the culture of peace and non-violence. In 2005, Guillebaud published "". He kept a weekly column on the life of the media in the television supplement of "Le Nouvel Observateur" before replacing Jacques Julliard as