martes, 3 de marzo de 2009

News Analysis

1. Who is Robert Mugabe? How long has he been in power? How popular is he?
*Zimbabwe President, he has been in power for 28 years. Now he has a bad image because he has made very bad things to the country, but before he was like a hero.

2. Who is Morgan Tsvangirai? Which is/ has been his political role?
*He is Zimbabwe´s Prime minister, he has been a key in the opposite side of the president.

3. What happened during last year's elections? Which was the outcome?
*The main candidates were: Mugabe and Tsvangirai , and first Tsvangirai was way ahead from Mugabe, but at the end, Mugabe won.
4. Whis is the economic situation in Zimbabwe? How do the people feel about this?
*Now a day, their economic is collapsing. People are starting to act worried, and they stopped the economic activities and they have abandoned the early marketing.

5. What do you think about the celebrations and the lavish party?
*That they spend a lot of money in a party. They should use the money to do other things because of the crisis.

Based only on the article below, define a conflict.
a) Give the conflict a name and explain why you think it is a conflict.
*The economy is Collapsed, it is a conflict because people are loosing their jobs and the crisis is increasing.

b) Who is involved and why?
*Population in Zimbabwe, because they are loosing jobs, and their economy is gettting down.

c) Explain in detail why the conflict has happened.
*The problem is that the president has been in power for 28 years, making the country have problems.

d) Give a timeline of events (at least 5) related to the conflict.
*Jan 8th : Cholera cases reported.
*Feb 10: Cholera spreading from Zimbabwe to South America.
*Feb 21: President´s Birthday #85.
*February 28: Mungabe spent 250 000 in his clebration
*March 1: appealed to the international community to help Zimbabwe's crippled economy.

e) How do you think this conflict can be solved and why?
*To take out Mungabe from the goverment, because he has made a lot of bad things to the country.

No hay comentarios:

Publicar un comentario