The Tonton Macoute (Haitian Creole: Tonton Makout) or simply the Macoute, was a Haitian paramilitary and secret police force created in 1959 by dictator...
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Tonton Macoute was a special operations unit of the Haitian paramilitary force created in 1959. Tonton Macoute may also refer to: Ton-Ton Macoute!, a...
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death squad, the Tonton Macoute (Haitian Creole: Tonton Makout), indiscriminately tortured or killed Duvalier's opponents; the Tonton Macoute was thought to...
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combination of Boubou, the popular nickname of Robert Bourassa, and the Tonton Macoutes – the secret police of Haiti under Papa Doc (François Duvalier) and...
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide (section Disbanding the army and paramilitary units – the Fad'H, Tonton Macoutes, and Attaches)
occurred on 11 September 1988, During the attempt over one hundred armed Tontons Macoute wearing red armbands forced their way into St. Jean Bosco as Aristide...
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there. Machetes were also a distinctive tool and weapon of the Haitian Tonton Macoute. In 1762, the British captured Havana in a lengthy siege during the...
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second in command, Luckner Cambronne, the head of the secret police, the Tonton Macoute and a high-ranking political figure was known as the Vampire of the...
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years earlier. Alan is taken into custody, and the commander of the Tonton Macoute, Captain Dargent Peytraud—the same man from Christophe's funeral and...
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Following a 1958 coup attempt, Barbot became the first leader of the Tonton Macoute, a 'National Security Volunteer Militia' that brutally enforced Duvalier's...
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(Bulgarian: Дядо Коледа; corresponding to Father Christmas). In Haiti, the Tonton Macoute (Haitian Creole: Uncle Gunnysack) is a giant, and a counterpart of Father...
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death squad, the Tonton Macoute (Haitian Creole: Tonton Makout), indiscriminately tortured or killed Duvalier's opponents; the Tonton Macoute was thought to...
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established in Haiti. This process began with the establishment of the Tonton Macoute paramilitaries by the dictatorship led by president François Duvalier...
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Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale, better known as the Tonton Macoute, a Haitian paramilitary force created in 1959 Macrovision, the former...
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The St. Jean Bosco massacre on 11 September, attributed to former Tonton Macoute, contributed to the September coup, particularly after Namphy failed...
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Volunteers), commonly referred to as the Tonton Macoute, named after a bogeyman in Haitian mythology. The Tonton Macoute became Haiti's secret police and wielded...
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command and head of his fearsome private militia, popularly known as the Tonton Macoutes. Cambronne's reign was characterized by extensive embezzlement: the...
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She escaped from Haiti following the murder of her husband by the Tonton Macoute in 1963, and returned to the United States. Winifred Mason, was born...
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(1931[citation needed]– 29 September 1991) was the former leader of the Tonton Macoutes and a former minister in the government of Haitian dictator Jean-Claude...
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for the El Mozote massacre, and Franck Romain, former leader of the Tonton Macoute, which was alleged to be responsible for the St. Jean Bosco massacre...
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an attempt on his life. While she was a low ranking officer in the Tonton Macoute, her courage impressed the president so much that he promoted her to...
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Pineda. But trouble ensues soon thereafter – Duvalier’s spies from the Tonton Macoute are watching Brown’s Hotel Trianon and his every step. When the government...
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of secret police. The Mongoose Gang has often been compared to the Tonton Macoute of Haiti. "Eric Gairy : Biography". Archived from the original on 9...
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the toe of the left foot to get rid of the attacker. In Haiti, the Tonton Macoute or Uncle Gunnysack is a Haitian bogeyman who kidnaps naughty and misbehaving...
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and detrimental eating habits (61–62) [v]. Due to Martine's rape by a Tonton Macoute and Sophie's abuse by her mother, "each woman must come to terms with...
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Doakes killed was a former Haitian terrorist militia member of the Tonton Macoute, whom he had encountered during a black ops mission overseas. In the...
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Reichskommissariat Norwegen The Self-Defense Forces of Colombia The Tonton Macoute of the National Unity Party in Haiti during the regime of François Duvalier...
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squad (Guyana) Suri-kartel (Suriname) Zoe Pound (Haitian, see also Tonton Macoute) Dominican drug cartels Paulino organization Féliz organization Primeiro...
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exists both as the child of a Tonton Macoute torturer and as the niece of a man who was killed by that same Tonton Macoute member. Inhabiting a liminal...
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than 10,000 Tonton Macoute, organized in 500 sections across the country, to maintain complete control over the population. "The macoutes were Papa Doc's...
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