Word: dictatorship
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...elections, and hoping for a sudden change of heart from Mugabe is self-destructive; participating in unwinnable elections weakens the MDC and disillusions its supporters. Why risk life and limb for a hopeless cause? The MDC’s hopeless campaigns only legitimize the ZANU-PF’s dictatorship; an impotent opposition provides Zimbabwe with the façade of a democracy...
There is one intimation of optimism about the upcoming summit: the scrimmaging is being conducted with reasonable civility on both sides. Reagan pulled no punches at the U.N. in propounding his view that the Soviet Union is still an expansionist dictatorship, but his sober rhetoric lacked the strident edge so notable during his first term. Shevardnadze, for his part, was quite diplomatic when asked if he found any encouraging aspects to Reagan's speech. "If there were no positive seeds," said the smooth Soviet as his private talk with Reagan was about to begin, "we would not have...
...result, ujamaa has been allowed to die a quiet death, and roughly 85% of the population has gone back to subsistence farming. Meanwhile, the nationalized industries are working at only about 20% of capacity. Tanzania's expensive 1979 military intervention in neighboring Uganda to topple the brutal dictatorship of Idi Amin further accelerated the economic decline. Says one international banker: "The place is an economic basket case...
...COMMUNIST INSURGENCY. The first objective of the opposition is to dismantle the dictatorship and restore democracy. If we win the election, that will have been achieved. Then we will attack the peace-and-order problem. We believe that given a democratic system and a credible leadership, if we issue a general amnesty to all political offenders, 90% will lay down their arms because we believe 90% of the people who have joined the New People's Army are not Communists. They are just disgusted with the Marcos regime...
...biggest surprise may be that it took so long. For a full generation, Miami has been populated so heavily by refugees from Fidel Castro's dictatorship that Anglos sometimes call it "North Cuba." But not until last week was its first Cuban-born mayor sworn in. Xavier Suarez, 36, survived a preliminary election on Nov. 5, in which six-term Mayor Maurice Ferre, who was born in Puerto Rico, finished out of the running, and then defeated Raul Masvidal, 43, another Cuban refugee, in a runoff last Tuesday...