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...feel optimistic about domestic issues is one thing. Sen. Barack Obama has rewarded the hopes of many who thought that his election in America today was perilously impossible. To feel optimistic about political issues in far-off continents is quite another. As a supporter of Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe??s power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe—which is currently in a state of collapse—I now face the reality of this distinction. Yet the situation in Zimbabwe is so dire that it absolutely requires optimism, as irrational is it might currently seem...
...parties. People of Zimbabwe have voted for change and to put an end to the 28-year-long-rule of Robert Mugabe. Yet Zimbabwe’s problems will not end with a regime change and a smooth and peaceful transfer of power—which seems unlikely given Mugabe??s desperate attempts to cling onto power. The country faces extreme inflation exceeding 100,000 percent this year, the worst for any country in the world. A U.S. $100 bill now buys 44 lbs of Zimbabwean currency. while a6y7u loaf of bread costs 7 million Zimbabwean dollars...
...Mudzingwa ’09. Chingono opened the panel by emphasizing the importance of Zimbabwe’s current political struggle in determining the country’s future. “This election is very important in the country’s history because for the first time Mugabe??s political future hangs in the balance,” he said. One of the four panelists, Zimbabwean graphic artist Chaz Maviyane-Davies, has tried to use art to direct the attention of the international community toward Zimbabwe’s political situation...
...Mugabe??s militias, the so-called “war veterans” who are usually 20 years too young to be war veterans, have become experts in silencing opposition. Meanwhile, the co-opted national media talks about the heroic government struggles against Western imperialists seeking to regain control of the country. For instance, in 2003 Mugabe declared the Internet to be a tool of Western imperialism perpetuating “the iniquity of hegemony” during a UN conference. What he forgot to mention was his monopoly on Zimbabwean media outlets. At least the Western imperialists...
...thin one. Mugabe ended up building his own version of what he hated most. His nightmarish rule has featured one too many policies characteristic of an illiberal colonial power. Considering his aggressive foreign policy, his ethnic cleansing campaigns, the role of his economic elite, and his iron-fisted rule, Mugabe??s legacy bears comparison with only the worst empires...