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Desperation in Haiti as families cope with deforestation and exile
Madeleine Simphile sells charcoal from the countryside to fund a fragile life in Port-au-Prince while others flee instability. The piece recalls 1980s and 1990s violence under the Duvaliers and Aristide, including Yanique Simphile finding asylum in Syracuse after her husband Valentin Toulouse was killed by Macoute thugs in 1994.
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Pues
Rene Preval
Madeeine
Madeleine
Port-au-Prince
Tonton Macoutes
Haiti
Papa
Doc Duvalier
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Macoute
Yanque Simphile
Yanique Simphile
Syracuse
Miami
Port-au- Prince
Macoutes
Valentin Toulouse
Yanique
Valentin
Florida
Immigration and Naturalization Service
I Syracuse
Yamque Simphile
Leny Simphile
Madeleine Simphile
Simone