In 1957 Francois Duvalier became President of Haiti. He was the son of a poor teacher who studied to become a doctor and won a scholarship to America. It was his work as a young doctor which earned him the name Papa Doc.

He won the Presidency and popularised a black nationalist platform. He also called himself a voodoo priest. After becoming President he exhaled the nations foreign Catholic bishops. Duvalier was always critical of America. Amidst claims that Duvalier was misusing American aid money, President JF Kennedy cut Haiti’s aid money in 1962. In November 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated. Duvalier claimed his death was as a result of a Voodoo curse he had placed on him.

Duvalier claimed he was possessed by the voodoo spirit of death, and he modelled his image after this spirit. He tortured and killed 100,000 of his own countrymen. As part of Duvalier’s growing personality cult, he re-wrote the Lord’s Prayer, for the people to pray to him. Could the voodoo spirits he evoked have put him in power?

Papa Doc lead Haiti until his death in 1971. His son, Jean-Claude, known as Baby Doc succeeded him as President.

Haiti continues to affect America. Former President Bill Clinton and wife Hilary went to Haiti for their honeymoon. The trip gave the young couple an abiding love for the country. Whilst there they visited a voodoo high priest who “blessed” their marriage.

And now President Obama has made thousands of Haitian immigrants US citizens. As our New York and Florida gatekeepers can testify, many of these migrants are voodoo practitioners and use their powerful witchcraft to curse our nation.