# Baby Doc returns to Haiti **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898 "2011-01-17T03:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/41 "2011-01-18T22:00:59Z")
I’ll bet you infant mortality is really high, so they can probably use all the baby docs they can get. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/42 "2011-01-19T00:57:21Z")
[His lawyer expects Duvalier will face charges related to corruption and embezzlement related to his time as president.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/world/americas/19haiti.html?hp) I wonder if charges related to killing will go ahead - assuming the rest of the case proceeds. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/43 "2011-01-20T22:09:47Z")
Aaaannnndddd . . . [Now Aristide wants to come home, too.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/world/americas/20haiti.html?_r=1&ref=jeanbertrandaristide) But **he** ain’t having such an easy time of it. > [@](#): > > Mr. Aristide’s travels, however, have been limited because he does not have a valid Haitian passport. The nation’s president, René Préval, once a political protégé of Mr. Aristide’s, has refused to issue him a new one. More importantly, political analysts here said, his return would not be supported by either the United States or France, Haiti’s most important allies. > > “Aristide could have 15 passports and he’s still not going to come back to Haiti,” said one analyst, who asked not to be identified because he was close to the Haitian government and was not authorized to speak to the media. “France and the United States are standing in the way.” ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/44 "2011-01-21T02:13:07Z")
First I totally missed the boat on the health care lawsuit. Then I heard the news that Baby Doc’s back in Haiti and I thought, “Huh -wonder how he made sure he wasn’t going to get arrested?” It never ocurred to me that he hadn’t done _something_. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/45 "2011-01-21T02:23:52Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Then I heard the news that Baby Doc’s back in Haiti and I thought, “Huh -wonder how he made sure he wasn’t going to get arrested?” It never ocurred to me that he hadn’t done _something_. I’m not sure he even thought about it. He looks ill in general and his eyes look vacant in the shots I’ve seen of him, and I suspect his thinking is unclear and he just wanted to go home. I’m entirely speculating, but I won’t be surprised if he wanted to return to his homeland before he dies. Which I guess I can understand, but if he dies in a prison in his homeland, I got no problem with that. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/46 "2011-01-21T02:37:04Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > First I totally missed the boat on the health care lawsuit. > > Then I heard the news that Baby Doc’s back in Haiti and I thought, “Huh -wonder how he made sure he wasn’t going to get arrested?” It never ocurred to me that he hadn’t done _something_. I don’t know if you saw [Jon Stewart’s take on his arrest](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-19-2011/global-chaos-round-up), “…he was escorted by police to his hotel room, a punishment which many Haitians would refer to as the greatest day of their lives!” ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/47 "2011-01-21T04:00:06Z")
Can only mean one thing…he’s found a way to siphon off a good portion of the relief money that has poured into Haiti ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/48 "2011-02-01T16:36:55Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Aaaannnndddd . . . [Now Aristide wants to come home, too.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/world/americas/20haiti.html?_r=1&ref=jeanbertrandaristide) But **he** ain’t having such an easy time of it. Hey, guess what! [Haiti’s giving Aristide a passport!](http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Haiti-agrees-to-issue-passport-to-Aristide)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/49 "2011-03-19T03:08:29Z")
[Aristide returns to Haiti.](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/world/americas/19haiti.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&src=twrhp) Just before the runoff [election](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_general_election,_2010%E2%80%932011) on Sunday. From which Aristide’s [Fanmi Lavalas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanmi_Lavalas) party has been excluded. His presence probably won’t amount to anything, but, this year, you never know . . . ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898/50 "2011-03-19T15:05:30Z")
Over $2.5 billion has been donated to Haiti-more from private charities. No doubt Baby Doc is slavering at the chance to steal some more loot-why else would he return? As far as i know, the Duvalier family was very successful in stealing money from Haiti-and the prospect of juicy reconstruction contracts, resale of donated food, medicine, etc. would warm the heart of the criminal Duvaliers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-doc-returns-to-haiti/567898.md?page=2)