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DOES TRUMP WIN CHANGE THE SITUATION

WITH U.S SANCTIONS ON ZIMBABWE?

Rutendo Matinyarare. Zimbabwe

o address this question, we need to and politicians shortly after Robert Mugabe’s
revisit the history of U.S. sanctions 2002 election victory which saw the fast-
Ton Zimbabwe. In 2000, Democrats tracking of land reform in Zimbabwe.
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, alongside In 2005, Bush extended these sanctions on
Republican Jesse Helms, sponsored the investors and businesses through EO13391,
bipartisan Zimbabwe Democracy and aiming to destabilize Zimbabwe’s economy,
Economic Reconstruction Act (ZDERA). This in hopes of aiding the opposition’s chances in
act urged then-Republican President George 2008 elections.
W. Bush to impose executive order sanctions
on Zimbabwe. In July 2008, Zimbabwe’s opposition failed to
unseat ZANU-PF, so President Bush amended
In 2003, President Bush issued executive executive order sanctions to EO13469 to
order sanctions upon investors, businesses, target the Zimbabwean government, its

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