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Originally Posted by Ramrod
Whats going on over there? 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Myanmar
When I visited there in '91 there were large billboards in the street with slogans like 'crush all destructive elements', 'it is illegal to contract AIDS' etc. Very Orwellian. The leader of the opposition, Nobel peace prize winner
Aung San Su Kyi has spent much of the past 15-20 years under house arrest after winning the nullified 1990 elections decisively
The government is also at constant war with ethnic groups who want independence. A war which is funded (allegedly) with the proceedings of the poppy trade.
But anyway, this thread is about Zimbabwe