members of the Jeune Haiti, one of the anti-Duvalier groups in the country, were all killed in action or captured and shot recently. The fate of these heroic young Haitians re-emphasises the urgent necessity for the various anti-Duvalier groups in the country to co-ordinate their efforts and unite themselves in struggle. | However, there has been one heartening development: the formation of the Front Democratique Unifie de Liberation Nationale which is an amalgam of the Parti Progressiste de Liberation Nationale, the
Parti d’Entente Populaire and La Ligue. This is a major achievement of the Haitian people in their struggle. In their Congress at Santiago de Chile, the different factions of the Left managed to reach the conclusion that on questions of tactics and strategy, there were no divergences between them which should prevent common political action within a single unified organisation. This is most mecessary, because only coordinated action can topple Papa Doc and his regime, which enjoys the blessings of Washington and receives its arms. With Cuba only a few miles away, and Venezuela in revolutionary ferment, the American Government has placed its stakes on Duvalier, but for Papa Doc and his clique it is just a matter of time.