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1961-Apr.

1961-Apr.: Jacques Stéphen Alexis landed near Jean Rabel with a small group of pro-Russian communists to launch an armed revolution.

1961-Apr.: Jacques Stéphen Alexis landed near Jean Rabel with a small group of pro-Russian communists to launch an armed revolution. The local peasantry showed little interest in the venture, and the group was quickly captured and put to death by the Tontons macoutes.

Source  ·  p. 231 Nicholls, From Dessalines to Duvalier, 231