Papa Doc Part 2: Haiti’s Dictator vs JFK
Real Dictators
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The Tonton Makout
The Tonton Makout is a terrifying bogeyman used to frighten children into good behaviour. Duvalier decides that he needs his own gang and that gang has to be meaner and bigger and tougher than the army. Papadock orders the creation of the Volunteers for National Security. This force will become better known by the name of an ogre from Haitian folklore, the Tonton Makout.
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