Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website.
Note: The colony of Southern Rhodesia declared unilaterally the independence from Great Britain as Rhodesia on 11 Nov 1965, after being part of a Federation with Northern Rhodesia (then Zambia) and Nyasaland (then Malawi) from 1 Aug 1953 to 31 Dec 1963. The Republic was proclaimed on 2 Mar 1970. The Republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia existed from 1 June 1979 to 12 Dec 1979, when the country returned to colonial status. The independent Republic of Zimbabwe was proclaimed on 17 Apr 1980.
Parties: ZANU: Zimbabwe African National Union; ZANU-PF: Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (merger in 1987 of ZANU and Zimbabwe African Popular Union or ZAPU) MDC: Movement for Democratic Change
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