CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
As a high school freshman in 1976 I recall being drawn to the argument made by the new American President, Jimmy Carter, that human rights had to be a central feature to our foreign policy. Now some 30 years later I am still a staunch believer in that point of view. If anything, recent history has proved [...]
The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
As president, I worked actively with African leaders and the British to change the apartheid regime of Rhodesia into a democratic Zimbabwe in 1980. Eight years later, The Carter Center established one of our first agriculture projects in Zimbabwe, at that time known as a breadbasket for the region and setting an example in economic stability, education and health care.
News Beast (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
It has been heartening to witness the outpouring of worldwide enthusiasm over the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States, a transformational moment for our country.
Brilliant at Breakfast (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Did you ever think you'd live to see the day when a Republican president's Treasury Secretary would, along with the Fed chairman, say baldly that they'd print as much money as necessary to deal with the banking crisis? But that's exactly the Bush Administration's plan in its waning days : The Federal Reserve and the Treasury announced $800 billion in new lending programs on Tuesday, sending a message...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
President-elect Barack Obama once again has shown how adroit he can be by harnessing Larry Summers’ considerable talents in a position that doesn’t require much diplomacy or, more importantly, Senate confirmation. And some say tapping Summers for the head of the NEC could put him in line to replace Fed Chairman Ben Benernake when his term expires.
Mercy Politics (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
A group of world leaders, including Jimmy Carter and Kofi Annan, tried to enter Zimbabwe over the weekend to assess the growing food and humanitarian crisis. They were barred, but reports coming from the country indicate the situation is "much worse than anything that we had imagined," Carter said. read more | digg story Full
LA Times (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Carter, part of a delegation including U.N. chief Kofi Annan that was denied access to Zimbabwe, says Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe continues to deny his nation needs food, other aid. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter today said Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis was far worse than he could have imagined and expressed dismay that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his government refused to acknowledge...
PRI's The World - (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Former US President Jimmy Carter has said the crisis in Zimbabwe is "far worse" than he had imagined. Mr Carter is one of a group of world leaders, known as the Elders, who were refused entry visas for Zimbabwe to assess the humanitarian situation. He was speaking in Johannesburg, after talks with South Africa's leaders. Zimbabwe's rivals are to meet on Tuesday in South Africa to salvage a power-sharing...
Bosses blog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
allAfrica "The government of Zimbabwe has refused to cooperate in any way to make the visit possible." What more needs to be said? Any comments from Mugabes strongest supporter, President Guebuza? (BH)
Exposing Liberal Lies (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
I ask you: Is there anything that Jimmy Carter touches that does not turn to crap? Actually, I take that back. There is one thing that he has done that has been positive: Habitat for Humanity, a ministry that has helped a lot of needy people. Therefore, I congratulate him for that. But, beyond that, this man is like the battery that just keeps going, going, going. Carter has played a part in disaster...
AfricanLoft (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
That conditions in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe are dire is an under statement. The country that has seen six digit inflation, crumbling infrastructure, and failed political solution is also faced with massive public health issues - a cholera outbreak is on the horizon just as food supply is running out. And when some concerned international personalities [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Zimbabwe has refused to let Kofi Annan and two eminent colleagues visit the impoverished African country for a humanitarian mission, the three said Saturday. The former U.N. secretary-general, ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter and rights advocate Graca Machel had planned to assess the country's needs. They are members of The Elders group, formed by former South African President...
DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
Read it. I certainly wouldn’t let those two parasites into my country.
Right to the End (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
After taking over the Oval Office in 1977 during bad and worsening times, former President Jimmy Carter succeeded in making everything far worse and lost his 1980 re-election bid in a landslide to Ronald Reagan. Lately he's been reviving his political career by befriending every leftist, murderous, tyrannical dictator in the world and validating their sham elections while never missing an opportunity...
