Harold Koh

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Please use discretion. Tell me about your father.

Please use discretion. Tell me about your father.

Marie Chouinard's father grew up in the Dominican Republic. He moved to Haiti as a teenager.

Marie Chouinard's father grew up in the Dominican Republic. He moved to Haiti as a teenager.

When she was growing up, the president of Haiti was Jean-Claude Duvalier. He'd been president Marie's whole life. He became president at age 19 when his father, Francois Duvalier, who people called Papa Doc, died. People called him Baby Doc.

When she was growing up, the president of Haiti was Jean-Claude Duvalier. He'd been president Marie's whole life. He became president at age 19 when his father, Francois Duvalier, who people called Papa Doc, died. People called him Baby Doc.

François Duvalier, or Papa Doc, was known for ordering Haiti's secret police to commit over 30,000 murders.

François Duvalier, or Papa Doc, was known for ordering Haiti's secret police to commit over 30,000 murders.

They were officially called the Tauntaun Makut, after a mythical character said to kidnap children and eat them for breakfast. When Marie was seven, people started protesting after the public beating of a pregnant woman by police. The government sent soldiers and machine guns to patrol the streets. But protests kept happening. Entire cities came together and refused to go to work.

They were officially called the Tauntaun Makut, after a mythical character said to kidnap children and eat them for breakfast. When Marie was seven, people started protesting after the public beating of a pregnant woman by police. The government sent soldiers and machine guns to patrol the streets. But protests kept happening. Entire cities came together and refused to go to work.

People signed a petition saying Jean-Claude Duvalier, or Baby Doc, was keeping Haitians in, quote, slavery. The police started killing and arresting protesters. By the time Marie was eight, students were boycotting class. And then the government closed schools. This was in 1986. Protestors passed out flyers for, quote, Operation Uproot.

People signed a petition saying Jean-Claude Duvalier, or Baby Doc, was keeping Haitians in, quote, slavery. The police started killing and arresting protesters. By the time Marie was eight, students were boycotting class. And then the government closed schools. This was in 1986. Protestors passed out flyers for, quote, Operation Uproot.

To try to fix his public image, Baby Doc drove around the Capitol throwing cash from his car windows. It didn't work. Protesters blocked roads, destroyed government offices, and burned a courthouse. Baby Doc declared a state of siege and announced he was suspending some civil liberties, like freedom of speech, the right to assemble peacefully, and to see a judge if he were arrested.

To try to fix his public image, Baby Doc drove around the Capitol throwing cash from his car windows. It didn't work. Protesters blocked roads, destroyed government offices, and burned a courthouse. Baby Doc declared a state of siege and announced he was suspending some civil liberties, like freedom of speech, the right to assemble peacefully, and to see a judge if he were arrested.

And then he fled the country. Marie remembers seeing people retaliating against anyone who was part of Baby Doc's regime.

And then he fled the country. Marie remembers seeing people retaliating against anyone who was part of Baby Doc's regime.