Duvalier hype 'mainly from outside', says former ambassador

Fri, Jan 21st 2011, 10:00 PM

By NOELLE NICOLLS

Tribune Staff Reporter

nnicolls@tribunemedia.net

THE "hype" over President Jean Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier's return to Haiti is "mainly from the outside," said Dr Eugene Newry, former Ambassador to Haiti and Dominican Republic.

There has been an international media frenzy over President Duvalier's return after 25 years of self-imposed exile in France.

Although he was welcomed by some supporters, in reality, Dr Newry said, Duvalier did not receive a "hero's welcome." From the Haitian government, he received the "cold-shoulder."

Duvalier was not arrested on arrival, as some say he should have been, but he was later t ...

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