4 Articles-Ayala

Dugger, Celia W. "In Zimbabwe, Survival Lies In Scavenging". The New York Times. 21 Dec. 2008. Web. 10 Oct. 2010.

Celia W. Dugger reports that the man made famine, created by Robert Mugabe, in Zimbabwe is one of the worst in Zimbabwean history. Dugger reports that the number of people who have not eaten for three days rose from zero percent, from last year, to 12%. Likewise, Dugger also found that the number of people who only eat one meal a day has risen from 13% to 60%. What is worse, reports Dugger, is that food aid that enters Zimbabwe is not given to these decadent villages and is instead given to Mugabe's political supporters.

Perry, Alex. "Is Mugabe Using Food As A Weapon?" Time Magazine Online. 4 June 2008. Web. 9 Oct. 2010.

Alex Perry, in this newspaper article, discusses how Robert Mugabe fear of losing the upcoming presidential election has led him to commit atrocious violations of human rights. Mugabe unlawfully detained his presidential opponent, Morgan Tsyangirai, and has cut off ties to humanitarian aid until after the presidential election, which is due to be held on June 27. Perry argues that Mugabe has a history of using food shortages to swing election outcomes toward his favor and that this is expected.

R0ath, Jan. "Famine Looms In Land Where Food Has Become A Weapon". The Times. 5 July 2008. Web. 9 Oct. 2010.

In this newspaper article Jan Roath discusses how Robert Mugabe's, President of Zimbabwe, refusal to accept foreign aid is a strategic ploy against his political rivals. Roath argues that Mugabe is punishing his political rivals on account that his political party lost the majority stronghold in the Parliament. Likewise, Roath finds that 29% of the population of Zimbabwe is "chronically malnourished" and that a majority of these people are from areas that voted against Mugabe's Zanu Party. Disturbingly, Roath reports that militants of the Zanu party have been actively burning food, slaughtering livestock, and bombarding food supplies with explosives in these anti-Zanu areas.

Wilkinson, Tracy. "U.N. Warns Starvation Could Fuel Civil Unrest". The Seattle Times. 4 June 2008. Web. 10 Oct. 2010.

In an emergency three day food summit, Tracy Wilkinson reports that the United Nations would like wealthy nations to eliminate trade barriers and increase production so that more people from poorer nations could be fed. The United Nations also criticize these wealthy nations for using 25% of their food production for research in biofuels and state that "the wasted food that goes into biofuel production could be use to feed the hungry". However political leaders, such as Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, argues that biofuels are essential to the world economy and that the accusers should take up the responsibility of increasing food production.