by Paul Magloire, on the pretext that the ex-president could cause troubles in Jamaica. In fact, Magloire feared the presence of Estimé so close to Haiti and had sent his henchmen (including a certain Lucien Chauvet) to convince the British and Jamaican authorities (Jamaica was not yet independent) to refuse ex-President Estimé and his family refuge in Jamaica. However, WA Bustamante, head of the Jamaica Labour Party (PLP), mayor of Kingston [and unofficial head of government until his official appointment in 1953 as the first Chief Minister of Jamaica], outraged to see his country let its conduct be dictated in matters of asylum and reception of foreigners by a foreign government, intervened quickly with the British Governor of Jamaica and the Chief of Police to have this ban lifted. Mr. Bustamante boarded the Colombia to greet ex-President Estimé, whom he knew, and to assure him that he would be protected in Jamaica. When he got off the boat with his family, he was driven to the hotel and, a few days later, they were invited to stay in Bustamante’s home on Tucker Avenue where they resided for several weeks . After a year spent in Jamaica, Estimé returned to France where he lived until November 1952. He then left France for New York where he died on July 20, 1953 in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. His wife, former First Lady and Ambassador to Belgium Lucienne Heurtelou, was killed in a Port-au-Prince jewelry store shooting in 19 May 2006. References Smith, Matthew J. Red & Black in Haiti: Radicalism, Conflict, and Political Change, 1934–1957. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. Frères de l’Instruction Chrétienne, Histoire d’Haïti, Tome II, chapitre VIII Anthony Georges-Pierre, Dumarsais Estimé, the man, the work and the ideas, Port-au-Prince, second edition, 2012 The Blue Book “Haiti 1946–1949” Le Livre Bleu http://online.fliphtml5.com/msvlu/inpx/#p=1 G. Corvington, Port-au-Prince over the years, Tome IV Bicentenary of the Foundation of Port-au-Prince, February 17, 1950, Speech Delivered at the City Hall of Port-au-Prince by Mr. Jacques de Lacretelle, Delegate of the French Academy The Daily Gleaner, Thursday, January 25, 1951, and The Daily Gleaner, Saturday, February 3, 1951, Kingston, Jamaica, upon arrival of President Estime on January 25, 1951 Carlo A. Désinor, From coup d'état to coup d'état, National Library, Legal deposit November 1988 Dr. Augustin Mathurin, MD, “Bicentenary of the Foundation of Port-au-Prince, 1749–1949: International Exhibition, December 8, 1949 – June 8, 1950