United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald told Movement for Democratic Change chairman Isaac Matongo and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s political advisor Gandi Mudzingwa that the party should not speak about violent actions, even obliquely, because this could lead to a crackdown on the party by the government.
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The Prime Minister and Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai has fought for democracy in Zimbabwe since he became secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in the 1980s. In fact, it was in that role that he was catapulted to the MDC. He has the highest number of Wikileaks cables released on Zimbabwe. But whether it was for better or worse, only the public can decide. There are 726 cables on him. Here they are.
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Finance Minister Tendai Biti is considered the second most powerful person in the Movement for Democratic Change. Some Wikileaks cables have even said he wanted to be deputy Prime Minister. He was voted the best financed minister in Africa. There are 231cables on him. Here they are.
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In a move that appeared to be aimed at crippling the Movement for Democratic Change, police and members of the Central Intelligence Organisation raided the offices of the MDC at Eastgate and seized documents and diskettes.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s right hand man Gandi Mudzingwa and youth chairman Nelson Chamisa were detained by police for six hours and were repeatedly asked to identify locations of MDC arms caches.
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Support for the Movement for Democratic Change was growing in the Zimbabwe Republic Police forcing senior police officers to pile pressure on their juniors to crack down on the MDC.
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Finance Minister and Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti blasted the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front for attempting to sabotage the inclusive government.
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United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald told State department officials at the height of farm invasions in Zimbabwe in 2000 that nothing short of a telephone call from President Bill Clinton to President Robert Mugabe would stop the violence.
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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai criticised the United States for what he perceived to be its emphasis on engaging President Robert Mugabe on the Democratic Republic of Congo crisis at the expense of domestic problems in Zimbabwe.
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The head of the Commercial Farmers Union Tim Henwood complained to the United States embassy that the media was not picking up on numerous and severe beatings of black farm workers by war veterans.
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