This is what happens to people who disagree with Robert Mugabe. The man in the picture is Morgan Tsvangirai. He is the leader of Zimbabwe’s opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change. In March of last year he was arrested and beaten for the crime of favoring different policies than Mugabe.
In recent elections Tsvangirai’s MDC took over the parliament. He is also probably the rightful President; he almost certainly beat Mugabe in the election. Zimbabwe is not known for fair elections, though. Tsvangirai still has to go through a run-off election against Mugabe in June.
The Washington Post reports that Tsvangirai just returned home after spending seven weeks abroad for safety reasons. Inflation is now estimated at over one million percent. The economy is in shambles. People are starving. Let us hope that Tsvangirai stays safe, even if he has different ideas than Robert Mugabe.
Inertia Wins! 