 Duvalier publicly renounced all aid from Washington on nationalist grounds, portraying himself as a "principled and lonely opponent of domination by a 

Duvalier misappropriated millions of dollars of international aid, including US$15 million annually from the United States.He transferred this money to personal accounts.Another of Duvalier's methods of obtaining foreign money was to gain foreign loans, including US$4 million from 

After the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, which Duvalier later claimed resulted from a curse that he had placed on Kennedy, the U.S. eased its pressure on Duvalier, grudgingly accepting him as a bulwark against communism.