Evening star

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fessions in the country. They

have also been subjected to

heavy taxes—gasoline costs 50

cents a gallon strictly col

lected to pay the huge bureauc

racy supporting Dr. Duvalier.

Eighty per cent of the annual

S2B million budget is spent on

government salaries.

“Perhaps we deserved to pay

higher taxes,” said a young

mulatto lawyer. “But we never

get receipts. We never know

where it goes or who it helps."

The “special contributions"

lie outside the official budget.

Periodically business leaders

are called to the grand white

palace to "donate” funds for

a pet Duvalier campaign. If

they refuse, the least they face

is government harassment into

bankruptcy.

An example is the "Movement

for National Renovation”—a

Duvalier invention to take over

public works projects covered

by Alliance for Progress pro

grams in other countries. Haiti

has not qualified. Out of the

total $1,169,000 annual pub

lished budget of the "Move

ment for National Renovation,”

$438,000 came from undefined

"special” and “commercial"

contributions.

Brute Force Used

The use of brute force is the

most sinister part of govern

ment operations. The President

has built up a kind of Prae

torian palace guard which pro-,

tects him day and night, and

which keeps the keys to the to

tal government arms arsenal in

the basement of the palace. He

has built up a civilian militia

now numbered at 10.000—twice

the size of the army—and en

listed selected army officers to

train them in the palace

grounds.

Finally, there are the secret

police. They go under the j

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1963). Washington, D.C., 1963-05-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1963-05-03/ed-1/?sp=12

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1963-05-03.