The Destroyer Part III

The followers of Mugabe did not like Western reporters at all. In fact many of them disguised themselves as tourists to avoid any contact and possible arrest. Mugabe destroyed the country that he created and also ruined his reputation with many people around the world. At Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party he stated "the tragic failure of leadership in our neighboring country Zimbabwe". Barely any African leaders are able to speak out against Mugabe, who is in fact 84 years old but still feared by many leaders. Morgan Tsvangirai has faced a hard price going up against Mugabe in the election, surviving three assassination attempts, trial for treason and a brutal beating by police which left him the severe head injuries. Mugabe on one had is the reason Zimbabwe is here today but on the other hand he has caused to many deaths to count and has lead the country into a huge economic crisis. In the weeks that passed after the election one US dollar equaled 35 billion Zimbabwean dollars. They have five, twenty five and fifty billion dollars bills. A few days later the inflation rose to 100 billion to one. A half liter bottle of water was 1,900,000,000,000 which amounts to 19 US dollars.