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5 unusual facts about Max Hudicourt


Max Hudicourt

He married twice, to Marie Bellegarde (daughter of his next door neighbor, Dantès Bellegarde) and Julie Bartoli but left no children from either wife.

As Haitian police and the FBI kept close watch on the faltering Haitian leftist movement, Hudicourt continued his political activity from exile in Harlem, New York.

In 1933 occupying US Marines sought to rid Haiti of Marxist influence, launching a campaign for "The Suppression of Bolshevist Activities".

He financed the paper from his own funds, raised from a small Pétionville moviehouse he co-owned.

Sténio Vincent

Leading dissidents such as Jacques Roumain and Max Hudicourt were followed, spied on, and imprisoned for their political activity.



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