@Austinlad hahaha they are saying he is holed up in a swank hotel in an affluent suburb on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince and friends have been coming to visit. The Associated Press said he was greeted with cheers by “hundreds” when he returned on an Air France flight after being in exile in France.
Here’s the interesting part, to me at least, in light of the recent elections and turmoil, politically and environmentally, according to the AP, “Haitians danced in the streets to celebrate the overthrow of Duvalier back in 1986, heckling the tubby, boyish tyrant as he drove to the airport and was flown into exile in France. Most Haitians hoped the rapacious strongman had left for good, closing a dark chapter of terror and repression that began under his late father, Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier in 1957.
But a handful of loyalists have been campaigning to bring Duvalier home from exile in France, launching a foundation to improve the dictatorship’s image and reviving Baby Doc’s political party in the hopes that one day he can return to power democratically. To their advantage is the fact that half the people in the country are younger than 21 — and weren’t alive during Duvalier’s rule.
“We want him to be president because we don’t trust anyone in this election. He did bad things but since he left we have not had stability. We have more people without jobs, without homes,” said Haiti Belizaire, a 47-year-old Duvalier supporter in the crowd outside the airport.
“I’m here for the reconstruction of Haiti.” he told reporters.
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDefault/8ef5320729ce4298abefc1903704c7d5/Article_2011-01-17-Haiti%20Ex%20Dictator%20Returns/id-491f249083c743e3af8264fc75637f29