I am not surprised at the actions of Mugabe [the assault on the 80 opposition activists]. According to the IHT [International Herald Tribune], Barry Bearak of the New York Times was released on bail but to a hospital after sustaining falls in the floor of his prison cell. This was according to a declaration by his lawyer Harrison Nkomo. Dileepan Sivapathasundaram of the National Democracy Institute [and a US Citizen] has been released to US Diplomatic Custody although he has to report to the police on a daily basis. It has been agreed that Mugabe is not going to go soon but if the news were to completely vanish from the front pages, Mugabe and company may get away with murder and the country may implode.
As already mentioned in a separate article, even the opposition inside South Africa has criticized South African President Mbeki for being «naive or distorting on purpose the reality in Zimbabwe»
El Noticiero de Alvarez Galloso 