{"id":18700,"date":"2020-01-29T20:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T18:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=18700"},"modified":"2020-01-29T20:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T18:30:21","slug":"ambassador-to-botswana-caught-telling-fiction-on-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ambassador-to-botswana-caught-telling-fiction-on-zimbabwe","title":{"rendered":"ambassador to Botswana caught telling fiction on Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US ambassador to Botswana exposed over lies on Zimbabwe with SADC Secretary-General Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax<\/p>\n<p>SADC executive secretary Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax has exposed United States ambassador to Botswana Craig Lewis Cloud\u2019s lies that failed economic policies and corruption has destroyed Zimbabwe\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Cloud met Dr Tax at the regional body\u2019s headquarters in Gaborone, Botswana yesterday and the US embassy in Botswana later tweeted: \u201cAmbassador Cloud and @DrTax also discussed how failed economic policies and corruption have created the current economic crisis in Zimbabwe. #ItsNotSanctions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tweet by Dr Tax<br \/>\nResponding to the tweet, Dr Tax said no such thing was discussed adding that it could be the US embassy\u2019s position but not that of Sadc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not part of what was discussed. Might be the position of the embassy, but definitely not Sadc\u2019s position,\u201d said Dr Tax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US ambassador to Botswana exposed over lies on Zimbabwe with SADC Secretary-General Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax SADC executive secretary Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax has exposed United States ambassador to Botswana Craig Lewis Cloud\u2019s lies that failed economic policies and corruption has destroyed Zimbabwe\u2019s economy. 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