Talk:François Duvalier

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You guys should check out reference #2, the link goes to a forum that has nothing to do with the article

[edit] Papa Doc and America

The article seems to omit any notice of contact of Papa Doc with americans. As I know he served in american army as a member of sanitary mission from 1932 till 1934 and from 1940 till 1944. Also he was studying in Michigan state university from 1944 till ?. Any confirmations/objections to this information?

Is there a source? This article seems not to have any citations or references, a basic bio would be a good start. Stan 00:00, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The biography I have cited is printed in russian [1]. The information about Duvalier having attended Michigan University and about his work as an assistant of US medical mission 1943-1946 has some confirmation through Googling ([2] and [3]). May be some further investigation is necessary.--Begemotv2718 02:25, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC) I can translate this russian source if somebody feel this is necessary.--Begemotv2718 03:34, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Russian is OK to start, English is preferable of course, more people in the English WP will be able to use it. No need to translate, we trust you to make the article report what it says as accurately as possible. Stan 13:41, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I stumbled onto this article after I happened to StumbleUpon this timeline [4] (skip to 1959 for the mention of Papa Doc). I'm commenting because the timeline accuses the US Government of bolstering his regime, while the article has no mention of it. I don't have enough information to determine what is or isn't the truth in that respect, but I thought I'd mention it here. --Knuckle Bean 17:11, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

He attended Michigan for only a year, had to leave because he had a poor command of English. He worked with the medical mission and helped rid the country of a foot disease contracted by not wearing shoes. Can't think of the name of it as I do not have my notes in front of me right now.

I believe the above disease is yaws. Though I don't think "contracted by not wearing shoes"is the correct way to describe it. It's a bacterial disease, though not wearing shoes certainly wouldn't help.(Flyte35 (talk) 00:02, 6 February 2008 (UTC))

[edit] A picture would be nice

I was looking for a photo of a Papa Doc with this article, but there is none. Does anyone know of a good picture? Supermagle 18:30, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

There are many pictures of him available on the internet. I am fairly sure that there must be at least a couple of them in the public domain, though last time I checked, I was unable to locate any at Wikimedia Commons. Albert Wincentz 22:29, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mother

Is there any verifiable evidence to substantiate the potentially defamatory comments about FD's mother ? If not, ought not this slur be deleted from the article ? Even if there is, ought not consideration be given as to the relevance of the matter to this entry ? --- SockpuppetSamuelson (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 09:18, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

The information about his mother is in the Elizabeth Abbott book, listed as reference #3. Such an obviously traumatic childhood is potentially important to explaining some of his character though this is certainly a debatable point.(Flyte35 (talk) 03:39, 21 April 2008 (UTC))