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Article: Targeting a tyrant.(Editorials)(Sanctions take aim at Mugabe's supporters)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- November 26, 2005
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Byline: The Register-Guard
In a welcome move that could undermine support for a tyrant and promote democratic reform, the Bush administration moved this week to widen economic sanctions against Robert Mugabe's oppressive regime in Zimbabwe.
President Bush signed an executive order freezing all property and financial holdings in the United States owned by Zimbabwe's leading officials and businesses. The order also prohibits U.S. citizens from having financial dealings with them.
Sanctions are blunt instruments that can strengthen, rather than weaken, oppressive regimes. U.S. embargoes on travel and trade with Cuba, for instance, have failed to ...