Building visited by creatives and politicians from around the world set alight by gangs as unrest grips country ...

President-for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier boarded a U.S. Air Force plane before dawn Friday and left for France, ending 28 years of control of the Caribbean nation by his family. Celebrating Haitians… ...

Out of these influences, François Duvalier—who was elected President in 1957—crafted a twisted interpretation of Haitian history and politics that formed the ideological basis for his ...

Although his term legally expired on May 15, President Francois Duvalier remains in office. Like most of his predecessors, Duvalier is averse to following constitutional requirements.

In the late 1960s, Francois Duvalier became increasingly sick from diabetes and heart disease. Sensing that death was closing in on him, he proposed another constitutional amendment in January ...

In 1971, Francois Duvalier suddenly died of an illness and named his son to succeed him. At 19, Jean-Claude Duvalier became the world's youngest president.

In 1971 at age 19, Jean-Claude Duvalier became the world’s youngest president when his father, Francois Duvalier, died of a sudden illness. He ruled for 15 years before going into exile in 1986 ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Jean-Claude-Duvalier, the self-proclaimed “president for life” of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him into a 25-… ...