Action Alert: Robert Mugabe in Rome attending a food summit
June 2nd, 2008
The image above depicts critical food supplies burned by thugs loyal to Robert Mugabe in May.
News that Robert Mugabe is in Rome attending a food summit organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The summit begins tomorrow, but the BBC reports that Mugabe plans to stay in Rome until Friday this week.
Robert Mugabe is likely to try and use this opportunity to hurl abuse at International leaders again. At a similar summit held in 2005 Robert Mugabe revelled in the chance to denounce the then UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W Bush. Zimbabweans were appalled to witness this tirade being greeted with applause by other African Nations.
The FAO falls under the auspices of the United Nations, and as such European travel restrictions against Robert Mugabe and his family do not prevent him from attending the summit.
We hope that Robert Mugabe and his family will not be allowed to shop in Rome’s luxurious designer shops in between FAO speeches. And we hope that the paparazzi are alert to this, and will take it upon themselves to monitor his and his wife’s movements closely.
We also hope that regional leaders are aware now that Robert Mugabe is a dictator, and that he lost the recent Presidential and Parliamentary elections, and we hope that they understand that applauding a dictator is tantamount to endorsing and encouraging him to commit worse atrocities against his people. We hope they realise that claps feel like slaps in the face of the Zimbabwean people.
Please can you respond to our action appeal below.
Protest against Robert Mugabe’s presence at a food summit in Rome
It is likely that Robert Mugabe will use his platform at the FAO to argue that all the troubles he faces is a direct result of ‘Western Imperialists’ objecting to his Land Reform policies. The implicit claim that he is deeply concerned about food security in our country is utterly farcical when confronted by his regimes use of food as a political weapon – to starve his people into submission.
Action 1: Contact the press in your country and make sure they understand the Zanu PF regime’s real views on the usefulness of food
Please contact the press in your part of world and as them to read them and to make sure that any publicity Robert Mugabe gains from this platform, that it is balanced with the truth that he has a long history of using food as a weapon against his people.
Please ask them to make sure that no one in his party use this opportunity to ‘go shopping’. Ask them to expose him if he does, and to point out that Zimbabwe’s inflation rate is rapidly heading towards 2,000,000%
The following links refer to articles and blogs that Sokwanele has written in relation to Robert Mugabe’s use of food as a political weapon against Zimbabweans.
- Food as a weapon: 21 May 2008 (blog)
- Destruction of property and food: 12 May 2008 (blog)
- Does Zimbabwe need Food Aid?: 20 Feb 2007 (article)
- Crime against humanity : the case for urgent action on Zimbabwe: 17 Oct 2005 (article)
- Even the goats are beginning to die: 7 Oct 2005 (article)
- Reward or Retribution: the politicisation of Zimbabwe’s food supply: 26 July 2005 (article)
- “If you put my name they will kill meâ€: 25 May 2005 (article)
- The Unfolding Grain Crisis: 7 February 2005 (article)
- Looking for a “bumper harvest…”: 4 Jan 2005 (article)
- Hunger as a political weapon: 27 December 2004 (article)
Action 2: Contact the FAO, Italian Embassies, and African Special advisor to the UN
Protest against Robert Mugabe’s attendance. Warn them that he will use their platform to further his own political propaganda.
Tell them that Zimbabweans are starving and that they need to see the International community sending a strong signal to despots that the use of food as a political weapon is unacceptable and constitutes a gross violation of human rights punishable under International Law.
Please remind them that Robert Mugabe is under European travel sanctions for human rights abuses, and request that the Italian government takes measures to ensure he may not use the chance to go shopping or enjoy himself abroad while his thugs abuse his people in Zimbabwe.
FAO Headquarters
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Telephone: +39-06-57051
Fax: +39-06-57053152
Email: FAO-HQ@fao.org
Media Relations
Telephone: +39-06-57053625
Fax: +39-06-57053699
FAO Subregional Office (Harare)
P.O.Box 3730, Harare
Telephone: +263-4-253655
Fax: +263-4-700724
Email: FAO-SFS@fao.org
Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, United Nations
Name: Wright, David – UN Special Adviser on Africa
Email: wrightd@un.org
Telephone: 212-963-1858
Contact the Italian Embassies in your country – please share contact details in the comments so we can add them to our database.
Action 3: Contact SADC
Warn them that any open applause for Robert Mugabe’s rantings will be interpreted by the International community and by Zimbabweans as an endorsement of his government’s ruthless disregard for the rule of law and for human rights in Zimbabwe.
Suggest to them that this will be especially damaging to the region’s claim for neutrality in the run-up to the Presidential run-off elections.
Remind them that the results from the March 29th Parliamentary and Presidential elections clearly showed that Zanu PF and Robert Mugabe have fallen out of favour with the Zimbabwean people.
Advise them that it might be politically wise for SADC to start to consider how they will constructively work with a new political party, and that any applause for a leader who kills, abducts and tortures his political opponents may well be damaging to future relations with the new government in waiting.
Email addresses for SADC National Contact people (their full names and addresses available on our Action Contact Database)
differmu@nkwazi.gov.zm;
tmothae@sadc.int;
registry@sadc.int;
bmorias@minplan.gov.ao;
learao13@yahoo.com;
foreign@malawi.net;
fernandes@consadc.co.mz;
dasadc@minec.gov.mz;
ndishishi@mti.gov.na;
johanna@mti.gov.na;
duartej@foreign.gov.za;
madumanem@foreign.gov.za;
mamabolol@foreign.gov.za;
directorj@sadchrd.org.sz;
mcusis@yahoo.com;
zjmasanja@yahoo.com;
foreignlsk@zamtel.zm;
fmaonera@mweb.co.zw;
sadczim@yahoo.com;
gumbezererata@yahoo.com;
wmandlebe@gov.bw;
amadikwe@gov.bw;
rdcongo@lantic.net;
plannoff@dec.planning.gov.ls;
mrakhoba@finance.gov.ls;
angelanirina@yahoo.com
Action 4: Circulate information about this Action Alert as widely as possible.
Use the ‘Share This’ link at the end of the post to share with your contact lists. Do all you can to help prevent Robert Mugabe from claiming the moment of glory he will undoubtedly seek to achieve. Or simply copy and paste the text of this post into an email and send to your contact lists.
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June 2nd, 2008 13:59
Hope…
ZimbabweMetro just posted this earlier.
A call from a British MEP Neil Parish representing Devon and Cornwall fro there to be full blown sanctions applied to Zimbabwe by the European parliament
http://zimbabwemetro.com/2008/06/02/uk-considers-full-blown-sanctions/
June 2nd, 2008 14:16
I suppose diplomatic protocol could not prevent
Mugabe attending this food summit, and Australia’s foreign minister, Smith, has already called it ‘obscene’. However, the world knows that foods supplies in Zimbabwe are severely inadequate, and that Mugabe has no capacity, nor the resources, to ameliorate the problem among the rural electorate, whose support he has bought in the past with selective supplies of food aid.
Meanwhile, whatever ramblings he utters at the conference will only serve to remind delegates that he is still being fooled to campaign on the same delinquent sovereignty, sanctions and land ownership mantra that nobody believes he is committed to after failing to deliver them the land after eight years of initiating the programme. How could he, when his cronies to whom he allocated the land continue to receive government assistance like farm mechanization products and fuel, which they then sell on the black market without producing any food for the nation?
The long script of failures in Mugabe’s 28 year rule, and their effects which he is not addressing, are coming to a head. He is definitely going down on June 27th.
June 2nd, 2008 19:20
Here is Italian Embassy/Consulate Info for the US. List of e-mail addresses is at the bottom.
Italian Embassy Washington DC
3000 Whitehaven Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
Tel.: (202) 612-4400
Fax: (202) 518-2151
Social Affairs Office
Tel (202) 612-4441
Fax: (202) 518-2141/42
Political Affairs Office
Tel (202) 612-4470 / 612-4474
Fax (202) 518-2153
e-mail: politici.washington@esteri.it
Office of the Permanent Representative of Italy to the Organization of American States
Tel (202) 612-4472
Fax (202) 518-2153
e-mail: osa.washington@esteri.it
Press and Public Affairs Office
Tel (202) 612-4444
Fax (202) 518-2154
e-mail: stampa.washington@esteri.it
Cultural Affairs Office
Tel (202) 612-4449
Fax (202) 518-2151/4
e-mail: culturale.washington@esteri.it
CONSULATES:
BOSTON
600 Atlantic Ave.
Boston, MA 02210
Tel.: (617) 722-9201/02/03
Fax: (617) 722-9407
Homepage: http://www.consboston.esteri.it
E-mail: archivioboston@esteri.it
PROVIDENCE – Honorary Vice Consulate
49 Weybosset St.
Providence, RI 02903
Tel.: (401) 421-1492
Fax: (401) 421-9080
E-mail: vconsul@italia.in_ri.net
WORCHESTER – Consular Agency
6 Seward St.
Worchester, MA 01604
Tel.: (508) 414-7111
CHICAGO
500 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1850
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel.: (312) 467-1550/1/2
Fax: (312) 467-1335
Homepage: http://www.conschicago.esteri.it
E-mail: centralino.chicago@esteri.it
DENVER – Honorary Vice Consulate
7325 South Jackson St.
Littleton, CO 80122
Tel.: (303) 224-9927
Fax: (303) 224-9930
KANSAS CITY – Honorary Vice Consulate
New Brotherhood Building
753 State Avenue, Suite 102
Kansas City, KS 66101
Tel.: (913) 281-2222
Fax: (913) 321-6525
MINNEAPOLIS / SAINT PAUL – Honorary Consulate
1844 Portland Ave.,
St. Paul, MN 55104
Tel./Fax: (651) 645-0207
E-mail: jmcpeak@gw.hamline.edu
SAINT LOUIS – Honorary Vice Consulate
211 North Broadway, Suite 3000
St.Louis, MO 63102
Tel.: (314) 259-2008
Fax: (314) 399-3028
DETROIT
Buhl Building
535 Griswold, Suite 1840
Detroit, MI 48226
Tel.: (313) 963-8560
Fax: (313) 963-8180
Homepage: http://www.consdetroit.esteri.it
E-mail: inform.detroit@esteri.it
CLEVELAND – Honorary Vice Consulate
618 Hanna Building
1422 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
Tel.: (216) 861-1585
Fax: (216) 861-6304
E-mail: rziska4358@aol.com
COLUMBUS – Consular Correspondent
2364 W. Mound St.
Columbus,OH 43204-2997
Tel.: (614) 276-5413
Fax: (614) 276-5608
DEARBORN – Consular Correspondent
13100 S. Morrow Cir.
Dearborn, MI 48126
Tel.: (313) 846-2770
Fax: (313) 846-3578
E-mail: italdearborn@att.net
PHILADELPHIA
1026 Public Ledger Building
100 South 6th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3470
Tel.: (215) 592-7329
Fax: (215) 592-9808
Homepage: http://www.consfiladelfia.esteri.it
E-mail consolato: consolato.filadelfia@esteri.it
E-mail ufficio relazioni con il pubblico: urp.filadelfia@esteri.it
E-mail cittadinanza: cittadinanza.filadelfia@esteri.it .
BALTIMORE – Honorary Consulate
Equitable Building, Suite 940
10 North Calvert St.
Baltimore, MD 21202-1820
Tel.: (410) 727-6550
Tel.: (410) 727-7297
Fax: (410) 727-6563
E-mail: Info@ItalConBalto.org
NORFOLK – Honorary Consulate
300 East Main St., Suite 1180
Norfolk, VA 23510
Tel.: (757) 622-4898
Fax: (757) 622-0562
PITTSBURGH – Honorary Consulate
Rockwell Hall, Suite 401
600 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Tel.: (412) 765-0273
Fax: (412) 765-0582
E-mail: Lucent@duq.edu
TRENTON – Honorary Vice Consulate
284 Edimburg Rd.
Trenton, NJ 08619
Tel./Fax: (609) 587-7000
HOUSTON
1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 660
Houston, TX 77056
Tel.: (713) 850-7520
Fax: (713) 850-9113
Homepage: http://www.conshouston.esteri.it
E-mail: italcons.houston@esteri.it
DALLAS – Honorary Vice Consulate
6255 W. Northwest Highway
Dallas, TX 75225
Tel.: (214) 368-4113
Fax: (214) 768-1418
E-mail: vdenardo@mail.com
NEW ORLEANS – Honorary Consulate
3501 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 300
Metairie, LA 70002
Tel.: (504) 836-7444
Fax: (504) 836-7411
E-mail: arnaldo@kensingtonbc.com
LOS ANGELES
12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Tel.: (310) 820-0622
Tel.: (310) 826-6207
Fax: (310) 820-0727
Homepage: http://www.conslosangeles.esteri.it
E-mail: progettispeciali.losangele@esteri.it
ALBUQUERQUE – Honorary Vice Consulate
804 Halter Dr., SW
Albuquerque, NM 87121
Tel.: (505) 833-6065
LAS VEGAS – Honorary Vice Consulate
3084 Red Arrow Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89135
Tel: (702) 210-7986
PHOENIX – Honorary Vice Consulate
2525 East Camelback Rd., Suite 840
Phoenix, AZ 85106
Tel.: (602) 956-3334
Fax: (602) 956-3322
MIAMI
4000 Ponce de León
Suite 590
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Tel.: (305) 374-6322 main number
Fax: (305) 374-7945
Homepage: http://www.consmiami.esteri.it
E-mail: italianconsulate.miami@esteri.it
ATLANTA – Honorary Consulate
133 Luckie St., NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel.: (404) 442-8298
Fax: (404) 239-0226
SAN JUAN – Honorary Consulate
Calle Interamericana, 266
Urb. University Gardens
Guaynabo, PR 00927-4133
Tel.: (787) 767-5855
Fax: (787) 767-5855
E-mail: aps161@yahoo.com
BAHAMAS – Honorary Vice Consulate
c/o Quality Service Ltd
West Queen’s Highway
Freeport, Grand Bahama
The Bahamas
Tel.: (242) 351-2662
Fax: (242) 351-2682
ORLANDO – Honorary Vice Consulate
101 Cedar Point Ln.
Longwood, FL 32779
Tel./Fax: (407) 869-9702
E-mail: clmedia205@aol.com
SARASOTA – Honorary Vice Consulate
707 South Gulfstream Ave., # 307
Sarasota, FL 34236
Tel.: (941) 957-0851
Fax: (941) 954-0111
E-mail: rrivolta@gte.net
NEW YORK
690 Park Ave.New York, NY 10021
Tel.: (212) 737-9100
Fax: (212) 249-4945
Homepage: http://www.consnewyork.esteri.it
E-mail: info.newyork@esteri.it
BUFFALO – Honorary Vice Consulate
160 Court St.
Buffalo, NY 14202
Tel.: (716) 856-3626
Fax: (716) 856-6922
HAMILTON – Honorary Consulate
P.O. Box HM 994
Hamilton, HM DX
Bermuda
Tel.: (441) 295-5391
Fax: (441) 295-5327
E-mail: italia@northrock.bm
HARTFORD – Honorary Vice Consulate
c/o Trinity College
P.O. Box 702604 70 Vernon St.
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel.: (860) 297-2123
Fax: (203) 239-0003
E-mail: alfonsopanico@snet.net
MINEOLA – Honorary Consulate
300 Glen St.
Glen Cove, NY 11542
Tel.: (516) 671-9364
Fax: (516) 671-9623
E-mail: tonyt853@aol.com
ROCHESTER – Honorary Vice Consulate
2740 Monroe Ave.
Rochester, NY 14618
Tel.: (585) 271-4840
Fax: (585) 271 3750
E-mail: rocitalianviceconsul@yahoo.com
NEWARK
One Gateway Center – Suite 100
Newark, NJ 07102
Tel.: (973) 643-1448
Fax: (973) 643-3043
Homepage: http://www.consnewark.esteri.it
E-mail: segreteria.newark@esteri.it
SAN FRANCISCO
2590 Webster St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
Tel.: (415) 292-9210
Tel.: (415) 931-4924
Fax: (415) 931-7205
Homepage: http://www.conssanfrancisco.esteri.it
E-mail: visti.sanfrancisco@esteri.it
FRESNO – Honorary Vice Consulate
2125 Merced St.
Fresno, CA 93721
Tel.: (559) 268-8776
Fax: (559) 268-5701
E-mail: e.l.fanucchi@qkffirm.com
HONOLULU – Honorary Vice Consulate
735 Bishop St., Suite 201
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel.: (808) 531-2277
Fax: (808) 531-2220
E-mail: carmen@immigrateus.com
E-mail: gamma@hawaii.rr.com (visas)
PORTLAND – Honorary Vice Consulate
121 S.W. Salmon St., Suite 1030
Portland, OR 97204
Tel.: (503) 287-2578
Fax: (503) 227-0739
Tel.: (503) 225.0702 law office
E-mail: ab@bartoloni.com
SALT LAKE CITY – Honorary Vice Consulate
175 South West Temple, Suite 700
Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1480
Mailing address: P.O. Box 95690
South Jordan, UT 84095-0690
Tel.: (801) 531-1076
Fax: (801) 532-7355
E-MAILS:
politici.washington@esteri.it
osa.washington@esteri.it
stampa.washington@esteri.it
culturale.washington@esteri.it
archivioboston@esteri.it
vconsul@italia.in_ri.net
centralino.chicago@esteri.it
inform.detroit@esteri.it
rziska4358@aol.com
italdearborn@att.net
consolato.filadelfia@esteri.it
urp.filadelfia@esteri.it
cittadinanza.filadelfia@esteri.it
Info@ItalConBalto.org
italcons.houston@esteri.it
vdenardo@mail.com
arnaldo@kensingtonbc.com
progettispeciali.losangele@esteri.it
italianconsulate.miami@esteri.it
aps161@yahoo.com
clmedia205@aol.com
rrivolta@gte.net
info.newyork@esteri.it
italia@northrock.bm
alfonsopanico@snet.net
tonyt853@aol.com
rocitalianviceconsul@yahoo.com
segreteria.newark@esteri.it
visti.sanfrancisco@esteri.it
e.l.fanucchi@qkffirm.com
carmen@immigrateus.com
ab@bartoloni.com
June 2nd, 2008 19:26
E-MAILS for the Italian Embassy/Consulates in the US:
politici.washington@esteri.it
osa.washington@esteri.it
stampa.washington@esteri.it
culturale.washington@esteri.it
archivioboston@esteri.it
vconsul@italia.in_ri.net
centralino.chicago@esteri.it
inform.detroit@esteri.it
rziska4358@aol.com
italdearborn@att.net
consolato.filadelfia@esteri.it
urp.filadelfia@esteri.it
cittadinanza.filadelfia@esteri.it
Info@ItalConBalto.org
italcons.houston@esteri.it
vdenardo@mail.com
arnaldo@kensingtonbc.com
progettispeciali.losangele@esteri.it
italianconsulate.miami@esteri.it
aps161@yahoo.com
clmedia205@aol.com
rrivolta@gte.net
info.newyork@esteri.it
italia@northrock.bm
alfonsopanico@snet.net
tonyt853@aol.com
rocitalianviceconsul@yahoo.com
segreteria.newark@esteri.it
visti.sanfrancisco@esteri.it
e.l.fanucchi@qkffirm.com
carmen@immigrateus.com
ab@bartoloni.com
Italian Embassy Washington DC
3000 Whitehaven Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
Tel.: (202) 612-4400
Fax: (202) 518-2151
Social Affairs Office
Tel (202) 612-4441
Fax: (202) 518-2141/42
Political Affairs Office
Tel (202) 612-4470 / 612-4474
Fax (202) 518-2153
e-mail: politici.washington@esteri.it
Office of the Permanent Representative of Italy to the Organization of American States
Tel (202) 612-4472
Fax (202) 518-2153
e-mail: osa.washington@esteri.it
Press and Public Affairs Office
Tel (202) 612-4444
Fax (202) 518-2154
e-mail: stampa.washington@esteri.it
Cultural Affairs Office
Tel (202) 612-4449
Fax (202) 518-2151/4
e-mail: culturale.washington@esteri.it
CONSULATES:
BOSTON
600 Atlantic Ave.
Boston, MA 02210
Tel.: (617) 722-9201/02/03
Fax: (617) 722-9407
Homepage: http://www.consboston.esteri.it
E-mail: archivioboston@esteri.it
PROVIDENCE – Honorary Vice Consulate
49 Weybosset St.
Providence, RI 02903
Tel.: (401) 421-1492
Fax: (401) 421-9080
E-mail: vconsul@italia.in_ri.net
WORCHESTER – Consular Agency
6 Seward St.
Worchester, MA 01604
Tel.: (508) 414-7111
CHICAGO
500 North Michigan Ave., Suite 1850
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel.: (312) 467-1550/1/2
Fax: (312) 467-1335
Homepage: http://www.conschicago.esteri.it
E-mail: centralino.chicago@esteri.it
DENVER – Honorary Vice Consulate
7325 South Jackson St.
Littleton, CO 80122
Tel.: (303) 224-9927
Fax: (303) 224-9930
KANSAS CITY – Honorary Vice Consulate
New Brotherhood Building
753 State Avenue, Suite 102
Kansas City, KS 66101
Tel.: (913) 281-2222
Fax: (913) 321-6525
MINNEAPOLIS / SAINT PAUL – Honorary Consulate
1844 Portland Ave.,
St. Paul, MN 55104
Tel./Fax: (651) 645-0207
E-mail: jmcpeak@gw.hamline.edu
SAINT LOUIS – Honorary Vice Consulate
211 North Broadway, Suite 3000
St.Louis, MO 63102
Tel.: (314) 259-2008
Fax: (314) 399-3028
DETROIT
Buhl Building
535 Griswold, Suite 1840
Detroit, MI 48226
Tel.: (313) 963-8560
Fax: (313) 963-8180
Homepage: http://www.consdetroit.esteri.it
E-mail: inform.detroit@esteri.it
CLEVELAND – Honorary Vice Consulate
618 Hanna Building
1422 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
Tel.: (216) 861-1585
Fax: (216) 861-6304
E-mail: rziska4358@aol.com
Jurisdiction: Ohio
COLUMBUS – Consular Correspondent
2364 W. Mound St.
Columbus,OH 43204-2997
Tel.: (614) 276-5413
Fax: (614) 276-5608
DEARBORN – Consular Correspondent
13100 S. Morrow Cir.
Dearborn, MI 48126
Tel.: (313) 846-2770
Fax: (313) 846-3578
E-mail: italdearborn@att.net
PHILADELPHIA
1026 Public Ledger Building
100 South 6th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3470
Tel.: (215) 592-7329
Fax: (215) 592-9808
Homepage: http://www.consfiladelfia.esteri.it
E-mail consolato: consolato.filadelfia@esteri.it
E-mail ufficio relazioni con il pubblico: urp.filadelfia@esteri.it
E-mail cittadinanza: cittadinanza.filadelfia@esteri.it
BALTIMORE – Honorary Consulate
Equitable Building, Suite 940
10 North Calvert St.
Baltimore, MD 21202-1820
Tel.: (410) 727-6550
Tel.: (410) 727-7297
Fax: (410) 727-6563
E-mail: Info@ItalConBalto.org
NORFOLK – Honorary Consulate
300 East Main St., Suite 1180
Norfolk, VA 23510
Tel.: (757) 622-4898
Fax: (757) 622-0562
PITTSBURGH – Honorary Consulate
Rockwell Hall, Suite 401
600 Forbes Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Tel.: (412) 765-0273
Fax: (412) 765-0582
E-mail: Lucent@duq.edu.
TRENTON – Honorary Vice Consulate
284 Edimburg Rd.
Trenton, NJ 08619
Tel./Fax: (609) 587-7000
HOUSTON
1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 660
Houston, TX 77056
Tel.: (713) 850-7520
Fax: (713) 850-9113
Homepage: http://www.conshouston.esteri.it
E-mail: italcons.houston@esteri.it
DALLAS – Honorary Vice Consulate
6255 W. Northwest Highway
Dallas, TX 75225
Tel.: (214) 368-4113
Fax: (214) 768-1418
E-mail: vdenardo@mail.com
NEW ORLEANS – Honorary Consulate
3501 N. Causeway Blvd., Suite 300
Metairie, LA 70002
Tel.: (504) 836-7444
Fax: (504) 836-7411
E-mail: arnaldo@kensingtonbc.com
LOS ANGELES
12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Tel.: (310) 820-0622
Tel.: (310) 826-6207
Fax: (310) 820-0727
Homepage: http://www.conslosangeles.esteri.it
E-mail: progettispeciali.losangele@esteri.it
ALBUQUERQUE – Honorary Vice Consulate
804 Halter Dr., SW
Albuquerque, NM 87121
Tel.: (505) 833-6065
LAS VEGAS – Honorary Vice Consulate
3084 Red Arrow Dr.
Las Vegas, NV 89135
Tel: (702) 210-7986
PHOENIX – Honorary Vice Consulate
2525 East Camelback Rd., Suite 840
Phoenix, AZ 85106
Tel.: (602) 956-3334
Fax: (602) 956-3322
MIAMI
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June 2nd, 2008 19:59
Thanks for posting the contact information. Great work keeping people informed and involved!
June 2nd, 2008 22:08
Sorry about that double post. I was having some ‘submit’ button problems.
June 3rd, 2008 02:51
He is staying in one the most expensive hotels in Rome, the Ambasciatore hotel .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7432519.stm
They need to know they are harbouring a criminal, and the world is angry.
Ambasciatori Palace Hotel – Roma
Via Vittorio Veneto, 62
00187 Roma – Italy
Phone +39 06 47 493
Fax +39 06 47 43 601
info@ambasciatoripalace.com
June 3rd, 2008 12:41
Picture of Mugabe and Ahmadinejad at the summit. Presumably the only reason he went was for this photo opportunity, and for his wife to go shopping (probably for the last time) in Italy.
We can only shudder at the thought of these two heinous buffoon leaders getting together.
http://www.ejpress.org/article/27555#
June 3rd, 2008 15:07
I have just sent the request to email Robert Zimbabwe to 400 of my facebook friends .. lets all do this and begin to harass him WHEREVER he is.
I also sent a note to the HOTEL ….
LETS ALL WORK HARD TO FREE THE PEOPLE OF THIS TERRIBLE TYRANT THAT DOES NOT DESERVE TO BREATHE THE AMAZING AIR ON THIS EARTH!!!!!
June 3rd, 2008 15:31
I have sent my e-mail to the Ambasciatori Palace Hotel. Now I will start faxing. By the end of it, at least the hotel staff will know ALL about our Zim situation. Can anyone out there whip up a letter in Italian for us, specifically for the staff? Someone has to be making his bed and replacing his towels. They should know this man has blood on his hands.
June 3rd, 2008 19:23
It is estimated that 850 million people around the world suffer from hunger, with the situation getting worse due to a combination of escalating food prices and imported fuel costs, biofuels production, and commodity futures speculators.
The Rome summit has a critical agenda to try and prevent what is already a crisis becoming a world catastrophe of even greater proportion. It doesn’t need the embarrassment of the two bad eggs in its own food basket, namely amaddinnerjacket from Iran and Robert Mugabe, who both have thankfully been ommitted from the guest list of the host Government’s dinner reception.
However, Mugabe, like a rat in the corner of a grain store, couldn’t resist another nibble at the West, accusing it yet again for Zimbabwe’s present predicament. And he was still able to strut about the conference hall smiling and laughing, full of his own importance. I must say, though, at his age and arch hypocrite that he is, he can certainly put on the swagger. How is it that people like Hitler and Mugabe can do this so effortlessly? Is it something in their genes?
In any event, nobody, not even African delegates, are fooled any more by Robert Mugabe. I think they view him almost with pity. They know that very soon the Zimbabwean people will make their voices heard.
June 3rd, 2008 20:21
This post appeared on Inzim.com website:-
Zimbabwe: Statement From the U.S. President
The White House (Washington, DC)
DOCUMENT
3 June 2008
Posted to the web 3 June 2008
Washington, DC
The following is a statement from the president of the United States of America:
The continued use of government-sponsored violence in Zimbabwe, including unwarranted arrests and intimidation of opposition figures, to prevent the Movement for Democratic Change from campaigning freely ahead of the June 27 presidential runoff election is deplorable. We call on the regime to immediately halt all attacks and to permit freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, and access to the media. We urge the Southern African Development Community, the African Union, the United Nations, and other international organizations to blanket the country with election and human rights monitors immediately.
We also are concerned by reports that misguided government policies are projected to result in one of the worst crop harvests in Zimbabwean history. While Robert Mugabe makes political statements in Rome, his people continue to face empty markets at home. The United States currently feeds more than 1 million Zimbabweans and spent more than $170 million on food assistance in Zimbabwe last year. We will continue these efforts to prevent government-induced starvation in Zimbabwe.
I suppose this is his last rant on the international stage. It may also be his last chance to get reasonable medical treatment.
June 4th, 2008 00:16
I may try to do some serious lobbying tomorrow but this evening have contented myself with a bit of soothsaying, since Mugabe is now a stone’s throw (or two) from the Vatican.
Dear Ambasciatore Hotel
I have a message for your once-esteemed guest which I trust you will deliver.
Mr Mugabe: here is a word from the ancient Book of Wisdom. It describes your life now and what is soon to come for you. There in Rome, in the shadow of the ancient Church which tried and failed to teach you right from wrong, maybe you will finally repent and turn from your evil doing.
This is also in memory of Tonderai Ndira. He and all those who gave their lives for love of Zimbabwe in any age of history, will live with honour in his people’s memories, where you forever dwell in shame and horror.
“The virtuous man who dies condemns the godless who survive, and youth’s untimely end the protracted age of the wicked.
These people see the wise man’s ending
Without understanding what the Lord has in store for him
or why he has taken him to safety;
they look on and sneer,
but the Lord will laugh at them.
Soon they will be corpses without honour,
objects of scorn among the dead for ever”.
June 4th, 2008 02:45
When will Africans learn?
Africans seem to have forgotten history & also ignorant to the happenings around them, mainly in their continent. There is woe in Zimbabwe at the moment, all blamed on Mugabe. So, who then is responsible for the woes in Sierra Leonne, Angola, Somalia, Ethiopia, Liberia, Chad, Equitorial Guinea(and the lists goes on)? Why isn’t the West highlighting these countries woes in their media?
Well, it’s because there is no need to, they are already in control! By installing a dictator who protects their “interests”(in other words, that country’s resources) at the expense of the locals. But in Zimbabwe, they are not, Mugabe wont have that. Thats why they hate him & why they are leading this ridiculous campaign of hate against him. We all should know that!
They aren’t doing this to save or feed the Zimbabweans, otherwise they’ll do the same world wide & eradicate hunger & injustice. They just want their lot! Greed is their main motivation & we’ve seen this throughout history!
But you’ll expect Africans to know better. Morgan Tsvagaria(whatever his name is) is a fraud, who doesn’t love his country! He is someone willing to sell his people out to the west and he must be stopped! Another puppet waiting in the wings to lead Africa into a darker era!
June 4th, 2008 08:59
I just want to say to Mugabe and his people Wages of sin is Death. It’s so sad looking at some of the photos of Zimbos who are dying and tortured. I am Zimbabwean but it’s so hard to believe that We are going into the drain because of one man. There was no point of Bob to go for that meeting when children of Zimbabwe whether Zanu or MDC people are dying.
Zimbabwean Eduaction used to be the best of all especially in Africa. Now we are left with nothing. Schools are closed because of Mugabes’ politics and some kids are left with no parent at all because of Zanu and they are in Italy enjoying every minute of their lives. Tell you what, WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. Things won’t be the same in life. God will make a way.
June 4th, 2008 12:17
Do try to keep up, Heavy-D.
Africans have neither forgotten history, nor are we ignorant of the impact of colonialism and neo-colonialism. No one in this forum, believe me, needs a history lecture from RG Mugabe or your good self for that matter.
And I think you’ll find that if you read quality organs of the Press in any major democracy, Western or otherwise, you will find well researched in-depth coverage of the political ‘hot spots’ of the world including those of Africa. In Zimbabwe, you will find badly written, misspelled rants masquerading as news and good journalists in detention!
Educated people are not blaming “all woe” in Zimbabwe on Mugabe. However, the misgovernment of Zimbabwe is our deep concern and in particular the effects of undermining democracy until all that’s left is a kleptocracy.
The question that often preoccupies us is precisely the one you have framed, i.e. exactly whose interests are being ‘protected’ in Zimbabwe today (or in South Africa for that matter). It matters not whether Morgan Tsvangirai (note spelling) loves his country – personally I believe he does; what matters is that he functions within a system that holds leadership accountable to the voters.
June 4th, 2008 14:41
Heavy-D – Another one of those sad, misguided and brainwashed individuals who are incapable of facing the truth.
Heavy-D, HERE IS THE TRUTH:-
Post-colonial Zimbabwe was built on a lie – a false premise. It’s new rulers claimed sole proprietorship of the liberation struggle. Without Zanu-PF, they say, there would have been no liberation from colonial bondage. Therefore, the party had the right to, not only rule in perpetuity, but to do as it pleased with the people and the country’s resources. It’s right and mandate to rule emanated from the barrel of a gun.
According to this logic, Zanu-PF had the right to murder its opponents and to do what it pleased to protect what it had won on the battlefield. When Grace Mugabe recently said that Morgan Tsvangirai would not see the inside of State House, even if he won the forthcoming presidential poll, she was only voicing the thinking of her husband and the securocrats who underpin his rule.
It is patently absurd for a political party formed in 1963 to claim sole ownership of a liberation struggle that began the moment white settlers planted the Union Jack on Zimbabwean soil in 1890. It was a long struggle by successive generations of nationlists and freedom fighters. Furthermore, the armed struggle only succeeded because of support peasants gave to the liberation forces. These are the peasants who today bear the brunt of the cruelty of the Zanu-PF regime because they dare look for a democratic alternative political home.
It is the ridiculous belief that Mugabe’s government is not, and has not been, answerable to the people of Zimbabwe that is the reason why things have gone so horribly wrong. It is the reason why, even today, Mugabe still insists on placing his personal interests above those of the nation. The core value of any decent society anywhere is the respect for the dignity and sanctity of human life. Such societies recognize that certain principles and values should be beyond sacrifice. Zimbabwe must now heal itself, unite, and create new foundations for a free and decent society.
June 4th, 2008 15:40
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Heavy D
I am rather impatient with historians. As a Zimbabwean my reality is shaped by what Mugabe is doing today. A history lesson is useful to a person who has the capacity to ask questions, reflect and make up his or her own mind. This for most Zimbabweans today is tantamount to treason and punishable by death. We are not supposed to think for ourselves neither are we allowed to decide who we want as a president. I am tired of hearing about history and colonialism. Its a reality it happened get over it. Why should are children be made hostage to the past. Africans have a victim mentality and while slavery, apartheid and all were evil they happened we have to get over it and move on. What excuse does Mugabe have to hold us to ransoom over choices he made on his own. As individuals we choose our own paths why should we expect generations to worship and pray to us for choices we made.
If Tsvangirai is a sttoge of the west dont we as Zimbabweans have a right to find that out for ourselves? You Heavy-D (can) when things turn bad as you doomsayers want to believe always say I told you so. But if and when Mugabe goes we as Zimbabweans have a right to change the course of our nation and Tsvangirai and the MDC are just vehicles/tools that we at the momenet to achieve this. We will change our own country by ourselves.
June 5th, 2008 18:58
Sally D, when u say “no one in this forum, believe me, needs a history lecture…blah blah blah†Are you trying to say, you all know each other very well? Makes me wonder whether you all are a bunch of saboteurs either deliberately put on here to mislead & misguide general/public opinion or you are actually stupid!
You talk about “quality organs of the press in major democracies†how naïve can you get?! I live in the west & I don’t see regular coverage of war, death & destructions in any other African country as they do Zimbabwe. Even when it is shown, they don’t address the root causes of these conflicts. Why do you think that is? That’s right, they are complicit! I’m guessing you live in Zimbabwe and you suffer from the condition ‘grass is greener on the other side’ when you compare international press. Over here press is CONTROLLED!! Whether you believe it or not that’s your cup of tea, not mine.
You talk about misgovernment by Mugabe, from what I recall, Mugabe has presided over Zimbabwe for over 20yrs! The present situation in Zimbabwe was triggered recently after Mugabe took back land from whites to give back to black peasants, like you, the original land owners! Just in case you didn’t know that and this is how you repay him??!! Talk about gratefulness! Do you think these people will go quietly?? Hence, the sabotaging of the Zimbabwean economy. And yes, they CAN do it, they have the means!! Zimbabwe isn’t the first they’ll do it to & wont be the last. These people know exactly how you all are going to react, that is, blame Mugabe! And they just sit back and fan the flames! Wake up Africans! ‘Unity’ is the magic word!
Morgan Tsvangirai(thanks for spelling) is heavily backed by the West, one wonders what his repayment to them is going to be should he ever become leader. I dread to imagine. You also say it matters not whether he like his country. What?? Are you serious??!! Shows how smart you are. For the sake of all good Africans I hope your personal assessment that he does like his country, is accurate, call me a sceptic, but I think otherwise.
When you say kleptocracy, I got no idea what you mean, but the word klepto means a recurrent urge to steal. Which to me, perfectly describes Morgan Tsvangirai backers.
And I don’t want to hear Mugabe took land from whites farmers who provided food for the economy & country, are you saying there are NO black farmers in Zimbabwe with agricultural capability? Hey, why don’t we just go back to the slave era & have them as masters.
As for True Grit, first of, I’m not going to waste precious time trying to reason with an incorrigible dope, who by all account is beyond redemption. Someone, who whenever he types, highlights his ignorance even more vividly. Talking about facing the truth, what do you know about the word truth? From what you’ve said so far, obviously not much! I don’t even think you’re African, so butt out!!
Here’s a couple of links for you all to reflect upon, all you who think the American system is fair & balanced. It’s really a form of dictatorship and anyone wise enough will see that. This is coming from the former governor of Minnesota. Democracy is a good system, but we need our own form of democracy, like the Chinese the Russians have their own form.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtKvpwD8FKA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74stuTmkjYc&feature=related
And Beth summed up the whole sad spectacle by saying she has got little patience with history. My dear, if you don’t know your history how the hell you expect to have a decent future? I can see you & Mr True…or rather, Mr False Grit come from the same school of thought…School of Ignorance. Again I say, that’s why Zimbabwe needs a strong-man like Mugabe to lead the ignorant like False Grit & Beth who don’t know better. Sometimes I wonder why he bothers with you lot, risking his own life in the process!
June 5th, 2008 22:37
@ Heavy-D 5/6, 18.58
Heavy-D, I don’t care what you say about me, or how false you think I am, but you are a disgrace. How can anyone with an ounce of decency admire someone who withholds food from innocent people, including children, simply to force them to vote for him? And how can you condone the mass beatings and torture of people by Mugabe’s thugs? The whole world condemns Mugabe for what he has done to his people. He is no strong man, as you call him, but a failure. If you had any feeling for Zimbabwe you would post only helpful and positive thoughts.
You say that you live in the West, and yet you criticise the American system. Well, why don’t you go and live in Cuba? Then you can join the Cuban mercenaries, and perhaps you will end up in Zimbabwe one day helping to teach the soldiers there how to massacre their own people.
June 7th, 2008 08:27
hi to everyone iam absolutly shocked at the pictures of zimbos who have been beaten and tortured by SADAM MUGABES henchmen i have lived in south africa all my life and i am sick to death of hearing about what this bastard is doing to the people .we all have to help morgan in eny way possible to get in to power !!! and then mugabe must be arrested for crimes against humanity and hung just like sadam hussain. if eny one can forward me morgans e mail address i will personally lobby the diamond dealers in south africa to help in enyway we can .
July 3rd, 2008 10:43
Well said Heavy D
I am sure you are well nourished and well informed wherever you are. Firstly, this anti west sentiment you echo falls well in the hands of like dictators like Mugabe. Secondly you sound like someone who delights in intellectualising bread and butter issues. Remember Robert Mugabe was once demonised as a terrorist during the liberartion struggle. He perservered and gained independence for Zimbabwe but now what do you call him. Think about it. Lastly you need to think beyond your present so called revolutionary, stagnated reasoning which is typically what the AU is suffering from. How would they and you have reacted if Mugabe was a white man, I really wonder.
July 3rd, 2008 17:31
Again Heavy D
I wonder what is heavy about your D. Could it be the fact that you are D – Dogmatic. Are you really sadly stuck in the hero worshiping of a leader and party that have monopolised the leadership of ZIMBABWE using tribal, racist and anti west sentiments and being murderous in the process. Do you understand the impact of your rantings, posturing yourself as an intelligent man. Take it from me sister, brother or whatever you may be. Get real and stop raising your blood pressure with Tomfoolery!!
Lastly, Chad, Ethiopia et al as you have listed have the freedom to have such platforms of debate. Find out why they don’t and if not raise money for them and learn a lot about their experiences. Stop wasting your money paying for the internet to tell us what we already know, I’d suggest you get real [edit] and after that, speak. Before that, to me thou stinkest to high heaven!!
July 12th, 2008 16:56
keep wondering shitshu or whatever your name is. you’re right, i’m not going to waste my time with you nincompoops anymore. i believe justice will always be served. and for your information, i’m not anti-west as you foolishly put it, i’m anti-western policies in africa. the same policies that have enslaved & deprived most africans of the very basics of life. what do you know about that?! as you put it, “what you already know.” i ask, do you?! now you wanna be a priest! talking “thou, heaven” etc. to me, you got the IQ of an empty paper bag!!