MEXICO CITY — Haiti’s former dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, huddled with his advisers at a Port-au-Prince hotel on Monday, a day after his stunning return to the country he ruled for almost 15 years, as the nation waited for his next move.

Supporters said Mr. Duvalier, who is known as Baby Doc, was expected to speak to reporters sometime during the day.

The sudden appearance of Mr. Duvalier, 59, who ruled Haiti with brutality and corruption before he was forced to flee the country in 1986, threatened to further convulse a country that is struggling to recover from the earthquake, a lingering cholera epidemic and the political uncertainty stemming from the contested presidential election late last year.

The capital was calm on Monday. Mr. Duvalier’s supporters chanted and cheered his arrival at the Karibe Hotel. Other Haitians appeared to be as surprised as everybody else at the turn of events and waited to see if demonstrations would erupt.

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