Arcadia Foundation

The Arcadia Foundation will be posting two new series of articles on a weekly basis on to our Foundation blog. We believe this initiative will be educational and in some cases truly frightening for our readers, but it is a reality we must all face. Tangible change is in our hands.

Every Friday you will read a round-up of oppressive regimes at work through a collation of grassroots blogs emanating on-the-ground in what we have entitled ‘This Week in Erratic Authoritarianism‘.

Here we will documenting the policies, clamors and controversies stemming from the executive cabinets in nations like Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Iran, Russia, Libya, Gabon and more. Through our research, we will provide an expose and synopsis on the immediate ramifications these actions will pose to their respective populations and a brief application for how we can get involved in curbing the perpetuation of misery.

The second will be a ‘Did You Know‘ regarding the fundamental elements of democracy. We will divulge one fact a week regarding access to information, free and fair elections, and the role of media from different parts of the developing world.

We begin today. The below fact is excerpted from a comprehensive retrospective of a nation with great potential, hindered by a President who would not lose, a regime which today continues to be a reference point for international bodies stalling on lifting heavy sanctions to the once-breadbasket of Africa.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. The election-stealing, perpetual ‘freedom fighter’ and founder of the indigenization laws that have for years torpedoed a nation with tremendous agricultural potential, recently declared his intention to run again for president in 2013….an election which should occur shortly after his 89th birthday.

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