Monday 2 March 2009

Guinea-Bissau: President Assassinated

Link: President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau 'assassinated by army' [Times Online]

Link:  Guinea-Bissau president assassinated by military: official [AFP]

"The country will start up now. This man had blocked any momentum in this small country," Induta said.- AFP

I don't like the sound of that at all. It sounds like the country is heading straight back to military rule after their democratically elected president has been assassinated.

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Sarah Correia said...

No, on the contrary, the death of Nino Vieira is indeed a good chance for Guinea Bissau to get a new chance.

Nino was elected, but because of the fact that he dominated the place. The military did not depose the government, that means a lot.

Not that I agree with assassinating people, but the fact is that he was a spoiler.

It's very hard for Guinea Bissau to get much worse than it is already, given the appalling poverty in which its people live. I don't think there'll be a civil war, in fact this death will rather prevent a civil war.

Mandy said...

Oh, thank you Sarah. I didn't know much about this to begin with but I can see I need to read up on it!

Sarah Correia said...

Guinea is one of the poorest countries in the world. Currently, it is being used as a safe haven for colombian drug cartels who used it as a basis in Africa for their traffic activities.

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