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Suite,â "More than twenty years after Pascal-Trouillot brave leadership, Haitiâs nascent and fragile democracy still stands. The
Haitian people have lived through two more coups dâetats, economic turmoil, and natural disasters.... Thatâs the legacy of Ertha Pascal-Trouillot.... After her reign, a lot of women began running for a lot of important roles in the place, including senators, deputy, ministers and even president."
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Trouillot steered Haiti through its first major test from a dictatorship to a new democracy with free democratic elections. She worked with Karl
Auguste on a commission to revise Haiti's civil and penal codes after the collapse of the previous dictator, Duvalier. According to the article âLâunion
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Pascal-Trouillot was in fact involved in the coup. Due to US intervention, she was released in a day. She exited her role in active politics and left Haiti. Ertha Pascal-Trouillot has returned to Haiti but away from the public eye. She has been involved working at compiling the history of Haiti.
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