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He led Haiti’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic after cutting its death rate from waterborne cholera by more than 50%. Now, Dr. Jean William “Bill” Pape has become a victim of his country’s vicious cycle of gang violence and kidnappings. Dr. Pape’s son, Douglas, was abducted Nov. 28 near his coffee farm in the mountains of Belot, above Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital. Nearly two months after he and another man were abducted by four men at gunpoint, the 33-year-old agronomist remains captive. A video sent by his captors last month showed the young man being beaten and psychologically tor…

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