Haiti and the Philippines: Key Lessons After Forty Years

On February 7, 1986, just hours apart, two dictatorships ended without bloodshed: that of the Duvaliers (1957–1986) in Haiti and that of Ferdinand Marcos (1965–1986) in the Philippines.

Frantz Duval
24 Feb 2026 — Lecture : 3 min.
Haiti and the Philippines: Key Lessons After Forty Years

Frantz Duval

On February 7, 1986, just hours apart, two dictatorships ended without bloodshed: that of the Duvaliers (1957–1986) in Haiti and that of Ferdinand Marcos (1965–1986) in the Philippines.

Where do the two countries stand forty years later?

The histories of the two countries do not share only the similarity of dictatorship. While the Haitian part of the island was first a Spanish colony and then a French one, the more than seven thousand islands that make up the Philippines were Spanish colonies.

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