La Dictadura de Duvalier en Haití y la Política de Contención al Comunismo en las repúblicas insulares del Caribe, (1957 – 1963)

Abstract

This small piece of work shows the strong relation between the nature of the dictatorial regimes in the insular republics of the Caribbean, specially Duvalier I government in Haiti and the political - diplomatic and military behavior of the time marked inside the lines of the Cold War and supported by the governments of the United States of America. Besides, the article tries to define and characterize the personalist dictatorship of Duvalier I, remarking in his methods in the implementation of terror to maintain the internal order, evaluating his programs in economical development and his reactions of force formulated against the Cuban revolution and its influence in the Antilles and in front of democratic governments that menaced its survival.