François Duvalier (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa dyvalje]; 14 April 1907 – 21 April 1971), also known as Papa Doc, was the President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. He was elected president in 1957 on a populist and black nationalist platform. After thwarting a military coup d'état in 1958, his regime rapidly became totalitarian. read more
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo: His full title was a mouthful: Benefactor of the Fatherland, Rebuilder of the Financial Independence of the Republic, First Journalist, Chief Protector of the Dominican Working Class, and Genius of the Peace. read more
"The Boss"), Trujillo's rule was contemporaneous, in whole or in part, with *deep breath* Gerardo Machado and Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, Anastasio Somoza Garcia (and his son Luis Somoza Debayle) in Nicaragua, Jorge Ubico and Carlos Castillo Armas in Guatemala, Hernández Martínez in El Salvador, Carías Andino in Honduras, Juan Vicente Gómez and Pérez Jiménez in Venezuela, Rojas Pinilla in Colombia, Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay and François "Papa Doc" Duvalier in Haiti. read more