Zimbabwe's Mugabe: Vote for us or starve
{{date|March 26, 2005}}

In a land of four million people where roughly one fourth of the population faces danger of hunger, opposition party supporters are receiving a harsh message from government run emergency food stations in the run up to Thursday's election: Vote for Mugabe, or starve. 

As two British newspapers reported four days before general elections, Zimbabwe's leader [[Robert Mugabe]] is using food as a political weapon in a country dominated by scarcity.

The government food distribution agency is the only source for something to eat for vast numbers of Zimbabweans today. Determined to destroy opposition parties, Mugabe and his supporters seek to prevent anyone who supports the opposition from receiving rations.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,1445907,00.html
|title=Vote for us or starve, Mugabe's party tells villagers 
|author=Jeevan Vasagar
|pub=The Guardian
|date=Saturday March 26, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=623782
|title=Starve the voters: the human cost of Mugabe's election
|author=Meera Selva
|pub=The Independent
|date=26 March 2005}}

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[[pt:Zimbabwe: Vote na gente ou passe fome]]
In a land of four million people where roughly one fourth of the population faces danger of hunger, opposition party supporters are receiving a harsh message from government run emergency food stations in the run up to Thursday's election: Vote for Mugabe, or starve. 

As two British newspapers reported four days before general elections, Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe is using food as a political weapon in a country dominated by scarcity.

The government food distribution agency is the only source for something to eat for vast numbers of Zimbabweans today. Determined to destroy opposition parties, Mugabe and his supporters seek to prevent anyone who supports the opposition from receiving rations.

Zimbabwe: Vote na gente ou passe fome
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