"Doc" is the shortened form of doctor . As a proper name (rather than a title) "Doc" is of Welsh origin and not short for anything - it's just a short name! It derives from "Madoc" or "Maddock"....
It use to be in the national cemetery in Port au Prince near the eastern gate. The tomb was not exorbitant by any standards. A simple masoleum with the words "Famille Duvalier". Shortly after Baby...
Here is a partial quote from an article in the Christian Science Monitor that I think explains it. "Baby Doc" Duvalier became the successor to the regime in 1971 when at the age of 19 he took over...
Duvalier was a former Doctor (Doc) and he's taking care of people like a father (Papa in creole) will do. So they call him : PAPA DOC.
His son Jean-Claude, who will be the next president was...