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The militia was created in 1959, modelled on the Italian fascist Blackshirts. The militia was renamed officially in 1971 the Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale (MVSN). It was notorious for its widespread and brutal repression of political dissidents.

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  • Tonton Macoute
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  • The militia was created in 1959, modelled on the Italian fascist Blackshirts. The militia was renamed officially in 1971 the Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale (MVSN). It was notorious for its widespread and brutal repression of political dissidents.
  • Tonton Macoute is a paramilitary group, created in 1959 by dictator François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. In 1970, the militia was officially renamed the Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale (Militia of National Security Volunteers or MVSN, possibly taken from the homonymously named Italian Fascist paramilitary organization). From Haitian Creole mythology the group was named Tonton Macoute (Uncle Gunnysack), a bogeyman who kidnaps and punishes unruly children by snaring them in a gunnysack (macoute) and carrying them off to be consumed at breakfast.
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  • The militia was created in 1959, modelled on the Italian fascist Blackshirts. The militia was renamed officially in 1971 the Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale (MVSN). It was notorious for its widespread and brutal repression of political dissidents.
  • Tonton Macoute is a paramilitary group, created in 1959 by dictator François 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. In 1970, the militia was officially renamed the Milice de Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale (Militia of National Security Volunteers or MVSN, possibly taken from the homonymously named Italian Fascist paramilitary organization). From Haitian Creole mythology the group was named Tonton Macoute (Uncle Gunnysack), a bogeyman who kidnaps and punishes unruly children by snaring them in a gunnysack (macoute) and carrying them off to be consumed at breakfast. The Tontons Macoutes remained active even after the presidency of "Baby Doc" Duvalier (François Duvalier's son) ended in 1986. Massacres led by paramilitary groups spawned from the Macoutes continued during the following decade.
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