Macoute

Martine's rape by an unknown man, possibly a Macoute, is the defining event in her life, bringing with it overpowering feelings of fear and self-loathing which she passes on to her daughter.

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat: Questions 1998

There are touches reminiscent of Graham Greene, such as the threatening eruptions of the brutal Falangists, after the fashion of the Tontons Macoute in The Comedians.

Winter In Madrid: Summary and book reviews of Winter In Madrid by C.J. Sansom. 2008

Of course they had to get rid of Haiti's democratically elected President and exclude the masses and put the Tonton Macoute/Duvalierist elite Ruling Oligarchy, the richest people in the Caribbean back in power ... to do this fleecing.

Electoral Sham in Haiti 2009

This and similar accounts painted Aristide as reinventing himself as a Macoute, yet it was outlandishly false.

Peter Hallward's "Damming the Flood" - Part II 2008

This and similar accounts painted Aristide as reinventing himself as a Macoute, yet it was outlandishly false.

Peter Hallward's "Damming the Flood" - Part II 2008

In public he usually appeared with a man named Jojo, a fierce former Macoute who claimed that his pregnant wife had been murdered by Aristide's supporters and who was regarded as a merciless killer.

Giving "The Devil" His Due 2001

In public he usually appeared with a man named Jojo, a fierce former Macoute who claimed that his pregnant wife had been murdered by Aristide's supporters and who was regarded as a merciless killer.

Giving "The Devil" His Due 2001

It was a commentary on the atmosphere of fear at the UN under Boutros-Ghali that some officials even began to refer to his efficient Haitian chief of staff as his “Tonton Macoute of the thirtyeighth floor.”

DELIVER US FROM EVIL William Shawcross 2000

It was a commentary on the atmosphere of fear at the UN under Boutros-Ghali that some officials even began to refer to his efficient Haitian chief of staff as his “Tonton Macoute of the thirtyeighth floor.”

DELIVER US FROM EVIL William Shawcross 2000

She used the official acronym for the Ton Ton Macoute.

The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985