This nickname in the Caribbean was as powerful as Stalin was in Russia. Stalin had full control,

Papa Dog, had full control also. He projected himself more and more as this immaterial being.

He liked to project this idea of omniscience, so he, like a spider in a cobweb, that he was

a sensor of this network of information. The whole of Duvalerism was about the establishment

of terror. And it was a terror that was inside people's heads. People were even afraid to think

bad thoughts about Duvalier. People are rounded up by the Macruthan, they are shot. People also

their houses are being taken over and shot in their houses. He wanted punishment to be exemplary,

and therefore the more blood-curdling, the more violent, the more indiscriminate, the more effective it was.

On November the 22nd, 1963, President Kennedy is shot by Leah Harvey Oswald, a former US

Marine on a visit to Dallas, Texas. 30 minutes later, the president is declared dead.

1800 miles away in the Haitian capital of Porto-Prince, the sound of popping corks rings out

through the halls of the presidential palace. Mingling with the fuss of television sets,

all tuned to the same channel. Former ambassador to the United States, Raymond Joseph remembers the day

well. When Kennedy was assassinated on the 22nd of November, Papa Dog Duvalier had champagne

at his palace with his psychofense. And he said, I have succeeded, because Kennedy was really

anti-duvalier and was doing everything possible to get rid of him. But Papa Dog isn't just pleased

at Kennedy's demise, he's pleased with himself. Because according to the dictator, this assassination

of a sitting US president is all down to him. My name is Paul McGann and welcome to Real Dictators,

the series that explores the hidden lives of tyrants such as Adolf Hitler, Chairman Mao and Kim

Jong-il. In this episode, we return to Haiti to follow the incredible true story of the man they

call Papa Dog, told by those who survived his regime. This is Real Dictators.

With Kennedy gone, the pressure from the United States is off Papa Dog. He is secure in his position

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