"Baby Doc" Duvalier is back in Haiti

[Jill61]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Well Jill61..we'll have to wait and see if anyone turns their money over to Duvalier.
He has no right to even enter that country after what he and his father did.
I can't fathom that the US is not involved. Where is the outcry on this ? Where is the press on this ?
Duvalier can do a better job than Clinton or the current President ?
He is the LAST person to even see a penny of that money.

I agree completely with everything but the bolded part above.

Oh, and the fact that the press is definitely covering it, seeing as how we have both been reading about it for days now.

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

I read that Duvalier is broke due to his divorce settlement.

There is $5.7 million in a Swiss bank that appears to me to be the reason he's showing his despicable face again. From the CNN article:

"He has laid claim to the $5.7 million in Switzerland but that battle has dragged on for a quarter century. A new Swiss law that goes into effect February 1 eases the repatriation of the money even if Haiti declines to prosecute Duvalier. However, Haitian authorities must show that the country lacked the resources for legal action or that Duvalier was not within reach. By making himself available, Duvalier could potentially erase Haiti's right to the funds."

I have no idea what that $5.7 million is or where it came from. And since it's been at issue for over 25 years, it doesn't seem to me that it could be the recent relief funds.

[HappyTexan]

He left 25 years ago with the country's money.
That date lines up pretty perfectly.

[Jill61]

Yup, that's why his sorry bleep is back. The new Swiss law may end up making him $5.7 million dollars rich. He's not there to help Haiti or distribute the relief funds, that's just a smoke screen to "explain" his return and couch it in a humanitarian light. He's there hoping Haiti either won't prosecute him or that they won't be able to prove they didn't have access, so he can walk away with $5.7 mil.

I think it's time for another letter and series of phone calls to my Representatives. You with me?

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Jill61

Yup, that's why his sorry bleep is back. The new Swiss law may end up making him $5.7 million dollars rich. He's not there to help Haiti or distribute the relief funds, that's just a smoke screen to "explain" his return and couch it in a humanitarian light. He's there hoping Haiti either won't prosecute him or that they won't be able to prove they didn't have access, so he can walk away with $5.7 mil.

I think it's time for another letter and series of phone calls to my Representatives. You with me?

Nah..I'm one step ahead of you
I lived in S. Florida for many years and saw first hand the plight of the Haitians.

I've sent an email to Hillary Clinton at the State Dept.
Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter should be running that effort and in charge of the money. No one else.

[Happy in Wyoming]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Nah..I'm one step ahead of you
I've sent an email to Hillary Clinton at the State Dept.
Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter should be running that effort and in charge of the money. No one else.

That's the best one I've seen in a long time.

Perhaps Baby Doc has moved up in the world of voodoo and can scare people the way his daddy did. They certainly didn't imprison him; they told him not to leave; he didn't wish to leave.