Zimbabwe

Based on the article below answer the following questions.
1. Who is Robert Mugabe? The president of Zimbabwe
· How long has he been in power? 28 years
· How popular is he? Very, actually his followers came to celebrate his birthday, and they have been collecting enough money to make a good celebration
2. Who is Morgan Tsvangirai? Prime Minister. And last rival of Robert
· which is/ has been his political role? Competing against Robert for Zimbabwe’s presidency, and now he is the prime minister of it.
3. What happened during last year's elections? He was reelected for president and won the elections
· Which was the outcome? He beated Morgan
4. Which is the economic situation in Zimbabwe? They are a country with a big economic crisis How do the people feel about this?
5. What do you think about the celebrations and the lavish party? That he should use all that money to help his country instead of using it for a big party.
Based only on the article below, define a conflict.
a) Give the conflict a name and explain why you think it is a conflict. Despotism
b) Who is involved and why? Robert Mugabe, because he is Zimbabwe’s president, he should do something to save it, from cholera and hunger.
c) Explain in detail why the conflict has happened. Because it´s actual president doesn´t care about the people
d) Give a timeline of events (at least 5) related to the conflict.
e) How do you think this conflict can be solved and why? Maybe but not totally, because it is increasing and at this point there’s not much left to do about it and it is a very difficult goal.