Papa Doc: The Voodoo Tyrant of Haiti
He led a murderous regime that kept his people in poverty
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5 min readAug 18, 2023
Many tyrants have held power over nations by preying on simple human emotions, like fear of invasion by hostile neighbors or nationalistic pride in conquest of weaker countries. Others have kept themselves in government by rigged elections or by armed suppression of their own downtrodden populations.
