General Paul Eugène Magloire was elected President of Haiti in 1950 with ninety-nine percent of the vote in an army-monitored election and the official support of the army, church, elite, and American embassy behind him. He implemented a successful economic program and oversaw a period of the best economic growth in Haiti in a century, reforming the banking system, attracting foreign investment, fostering tourism, and instituting a Five Year Plan in 1951 to boost agricultural expenditures.
The Haitian President, Elie Lescot had been granted the powers of a dictator by his congress and was backed by the United States. He was representative of the mulatto ruling class during a time when black political radicalism was growing in Haiti. Lescot was also closely tied with the Dominican Dictator Rafael Trujillo. The Haitian student journal, Zinglins, had criticized President Lescot’s dictatorship and begun a call for freedom of press even as early as May 1945. The government quickly suppressed this opposition voice. However, the editors of another stude
Jenerali Paul-Eugène Magloire alichaguliwa Rais wa Haiti mwaka 1950 kwa asilimia 99 ya kura katika uchaguzi uliodhibitiwa na jeshi na msaada rasmi wa jeshi, kanisa, wasomi, na ubalozi wa Marekani nyuma yake. Alianzisha mpango wa kiuchumi na kuongoza kipindi cha ukuaji bora wa kiuchumi nchini Haiti katika karne moja, kurekebisha mfumo wa benki, kuvutia uwekezaji wa kigeni, kukuza utalii, na kuanzisha Mpango wa Miaka Mitano mnamo 1951 ili kuongeza matumizi ya kilimo. Rais wa Haiti, Elie Lescot alikuwa amepewa mamlaka ya dikteta na bunge lake na aliungwa mkono na Marekani. Alikuwa mwakilishi wa tabaka la watawala wa mulatto wakati ambapo msimamo mkali wa kisiasa wa weusi ulikuwa ukikua nchini Haiti. Lescot pia alikuwa na uhusiano wa karibu na Dikteta wa Dominika Rafael Trujillo. Gazeti la wanafunzi la Haiti, Zinglins, lilikuwa limekosoa utawala wa dikteta wa Rais Lescot na kuanza wito wa uhuru wa vyombo vya habari hata mapema Mei 1945. Serikali ilikandamiza upesi sauti hiyo ya upinzani. Hata hivyo, wahariri wa utafiti mwingine