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Sunday, October 11, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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Papa Doc Duvalier

WASHINGTON - Author Richard Benjamin sued the Department of Defense for cables of June 17 and July 9, 1957, which he believes show U.S. involvement in the military coup that installed François "Papa Doc" Duvalier as dictator in Haiti, in a federal FOIA complaint.

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