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Papa Doc: The Truth About Haiti Today by Bernard Diederich; Al Burt; Graham Greene, (preface) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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As a well-traveled journalist, Bernard Diederich witnessed and even participated in countless events important to Caribbean and Central American history. His papers and media collection will thus provide invaluable sources to those who are interested in history, political science, international relations, and journalism, especially those who would like to learn more about Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, and Cuba, where Diederich worked for more than fifty years.Diederich is a New Zealand native who in 1949 docked in Haiti, where he decided to stay and publish an independent, English newspaper, the Haiti Sun. In 1963, Haitian tyrant François Duvalier imprisoned Diederich, who was then expelled. While in exile in the Dominican Republic, Diederich investigated the assassination of President Rafael Trujillo and was also witness to the Dominican Civil War and the 1965 U. S. invasion. Diederich worked as a correspondent for TimeLIFE, the Associated Press, the New York Times, and the Daily Telegraph.As a journalist, he reported on Fidel Castro's victorious march into Havana. He helped lead the media coup versus Nicaragua's dictator Anastasio Somoza when Somo

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Bernard Diederich; Al Burt; Graham Greene, (preface)
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Published
1969
Language
EN
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, World History, Humanities

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