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GREENLAND
U.S.
(Alaska)
6 0
°
CANADA
40
°
40
°
UNITED STATES
ATLANTIC
BERMUDA
OCEAN
BAHAMAS
MEXICO
Tropic of Cancer
CUBA
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
20 °
20 °
20
°
JAMAICA
U.S.
(Hawaii)
BELIZE
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
HAITI
PUERTO
RICO
PACIFIC
GUATEMALA
EL SALVADOR
COSTA RICA
PANAMA
BARBADOS
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
OCEAN
VENEZUELA
SURINAME
FRENCH GUIANA
COLOMBIA
GUYANA
Equator
0
°
ECUADOR
BRAZIL
PERU
BOLIVIA
20
°
20
°
20
°
Tropic of Capricorn
PARAGUAY
MALARIA ENDEMICITY, 2003
Very high
URUGUAY
CHILE
ARGENTINA
High
40
°
40
°
40
°
40
°
Moderate
Low
160
°
140
°
120
°
80
°
60
°
40
°
60
°
60
°
60
°
60
°
No malaria
SOUTHERN
OCEAN
0
1000
2000
3000 Kilometers
0
1000
2000 Miles
Figure 10.10
Global Distribution of Malaria Transmission Risk, 2003. Adapted with permission from: World
Health Organization, Roll Back Malaria Department and United Nations Children's Fund. World Malaria Report, 2005.
http://rbm.who.int/wmr2005/html/map1.htm
the Mugabe government faced increasing resistance.
A potential challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai, emerged in
2008. Members of his opposition party were killed and
the challenger was harassed, but after a contested elec-
tion that many believe Tsvangirai won, a power-sharing
agreement came into effect that kept Mugabe as presi-
dent and made Tsvangirai the prime minister. Some sta-
bility returned to the country, but continuing tensions
make it diffi cult to address Zimbabwe's enormous eco-
nomic problems.
The Zimbabwe case shows that in low-income
countries, corrupt leaders can stay in power for decades
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