stenio vencent

Here is a picture of Haitian President Stenio Vencent.

Stenio Vincent Cover Up of 1937 Parsley Massacre.

Stenio Vincent was granted an extension of his term in office to 1941. During the last three years of his presidency Vincent's popularity began to wane. The Parsley Massacre, instigated by Dominican Republic (DR) soldiers, took the lives of thousands of Haitian workers near the DR border. Vincent tried to keep a lid on the carnage because of his relationship with DR President Trujillo, who gave Haitian foreign aid. In two years Port-au-Prince boiled over with demonstrations against Vincent's tepid response to DR atrocities.

By the time elections rolled around in 1941 two coups against Vincent had been attempted. Finally, Vincent seeing he had lost influence with politicians and the people, agreed to leave office. Elie Lescot succeeded him.

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A picture of Haitian President Stenio Vencent with US President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Stenio Vincent began life in Port-au-Prince. He earned a law degree by the time he was 18, quickly rising in state politics to become a Chamber of Deputies leader in 1915. Fifteen years later he made a bid for the presidency, running on a platform of anti-U.S. sentiment. The Americans had been occupying Haiti for the last 15 years and the tide of popular opinion was on Vincent's side. He assumed the presidency in 1930.

In 1934 the U.S. stopped occupying Haiti and Vincent began to rule as a tyrant. His administration hunted down dissident leaders and jailed them for their political views. As it served his purposes, Vincent became a supporter of American interests, due to a trade agreement with the U.S. benefiting Haiti greatly.

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Here is a picture dated back 1935. In this picture, you see Elie Lescot, Stenio Vincent and Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican republic.

As you may remember, in 1937, over 20,000 Haitians were massacred in the Dominican Republic. This is to be called The Parsley Massacre. This was a government-sponsored genocide of the Dominican Government in October 1937, headed by the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.

The massacre took place following a direct order of Dominican President Rafael Trujillo who ordered the execution of the Haitian citizens living in the borderlands with Haiti.

This action by Trujillo was supposed to be a response for Haitians at the border allegedly involved in cattle and crops stealing from Dominican residents

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The city of Jeremie was developed as a market and port for the produce of cacao, coffee, sugarcane, bananas, mangoes, logwood, and hides.
Maison Lestage at Grand Rue - Stenio Vencent- in the City of Jeremie 1919

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