ship in Haiti.
Port-au-Prince capital.
Haiti IS the poorest country the western hemisphere. Duvalier took over the government from infamous father 1971.
crisis CURCHI the regime, which was installed 1957 notorious 'Papa Doc' erupted 27-28 Neveren •linted (wo days of demonstrations in the -JULICH Gonaives. The army open• ed fire on the crowds killing four sludents and a Protestant clergyman This was followed imA COMBINATION of mass demonstrations, opposition from the army and church, and pressure from the United States has produced the deepest crisis in the 28-year history of the Duvalier dictatorOn Sunday leaflets calling for a general strike to overthrow the regime of 'Baby Doc' Jean-Claude Duvalier, were being circulated in the mediately by protest demonstrations the southern town of Jeremie.
During the first week of December further demontook suialiuls Jacmel, Les Cayes, PetitGoaves, and Cap Haitien.
A memorial mass for those killed in Gonaives was held in Port-au-Prince and attracted 5000 protesters.
These demonstrations helped exacerbate differences within repressive forces when further wave of protests broke out in Gonaives at the beginning of January. On January the 7000 strong army incalcuca Ic overthrow Duvalier. The official army is nowevel outnumbered two to one by the armed secret police the notorious Tontons Macoutes.
United States, Ine discontent, started to in alarmea by the put pressure on the Duvalier regime to make concessions. At the the month the US forced Duvalier to release from prison the leading bourgeois opposition figure and former governSocialist Action 17 Janwary