The United States on Wednesday froze the U.S. assets of 26 Zimbabwean entities it said are controlled by key members of President Robert Mugabe's government, accusing them of undercutting democracy in Zimbabwe. Under an executive order issued by President Bush the Treasury Department "designated" 24 commercial farms and two businesses controlled by Mugabe administration officials who the U.S. government says are undermining democratic processes in Zimbabwe. The move freezes their access to the U.S. financial system and prohibits U.S. citizens from doing business with them.
Read it here.
This kind of targeted freeze, hitting at Mugabe's inner circle, is probably the best we can do at this time. Our options are very limited.
Oh, by the way, one of the targeted commercial enterprises was Cold Comfort Farm Trust Co-operative
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