Zimbabwe is not a basket case, says Mugabe

Yes.

 
... and describe how, for 10 years, your policies led to prosperity, led to successes in mining and agriculture, and all sorts of things, and then, over the last 10 years, things have really gone south in a big and bad way.  Why is it that that’s happened?

Over the ... over the last 10 years...

 
No, no, since land reform.  And remember that the presidents of Mozambique and Tanzania, when you took the country to liberation, said to you that you have the jewel of Africa in your hands, now look after it.

Yes, we are looking...

 
Did you look after it?

Yes, in a very great way.  Over the last 10 years, we have had ZIDERA, the sanctions imposed on us by the United States, plus sanctions imposed upon us by the European Union, over the last 10 years.

 
Right, but they were specifically targeted sanctions...

No.
 

... against individuals, not against the trade or development.

Zimbabwe ... no, no, no, no.  The United States’ sanctions on us are real sanctions, economic sanctions.  Have you looked at that?  Look at them, and you’ll satisfy yourselves that they prevent companies from having any dealings with us.

 
But they’re very, very specifically targeted.

They prevent any any financial institutions from having any relations with us.
 
... for these incredible statistics, where, since you took over, life expectancy has dropped, manufacturing has fallen...

But I’m just telling you -- I’m just telling you...

 
... 1 in 14 people are malnourished...