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EDITOR - From the CIA Factbook, Jamaica leads Zimbabwe in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary (Ja 14 years: Zm 9 years); children under the age of five underweight (Ja 2.2 per cent: Zm 14 per cent ); HIV/AIDS prevalence rate (Ja 1.7 per cent: Zm 14.3 per cent ); doctors per 1000 population (Ja 0.85: Zm.0.17); lower fertility rate - children born per woman (Ja 2.12: Zm. 3.61); life expectancy at birth (Ja 73 years: Zm 52 years); infant mortality rate - deaths per 1000 live births (Ja 14.3

Granted, even though Zimbabwe has been growing its dull economy faster than us, it has a lot of catching up to do in many other areas. For now I would recommend to the octogenarian dictator Robert Mugabe – who is widely accused of rigging the 2008 presidential elections and refuses to walk away from power – a dose of the very sins he accused us of having.

Drink some rum, Mugabe, and smoke a little weed. In the interim, remind yourself of this: Jamaica has many crucial, systemic social and economic problems. – Mark Wognall, Jamaica

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