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Papa Doc Part 3: Vampire of the Caribbean

Real Dictators

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The Joon Haiti: A Portrait of a Haitian Tyranny

The Joon Haiti are 13 students inspired by the success of Castro's revolution in Cuba. Initially they managed to go under the radar, without the tonton of coup getting wind of their plans. Unlike in Cuba, the geography of Haiti is not well-suited to guerrilla warfare. The rebels opt to lay low in the mountains, plotting their next move but the mountains are bare and unwooded. One by one, the Joon Haitians are tracked down and killed by the security services. They are dragged to Port-au-Prince, where their execution is set for November 12,. It will be a horrific public event.

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