Menteri Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat Condoleezza Rice, yang mengecam keras penangkapan dan pemukulan terhadap Tsvangirai dan puluhan pendukungnya, sebelumnya menggambarkan Zimbabwe sebagai pos terdepan tirani.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who has heavily criticised the arrests and subsequent beating of Tsvangirai and dozens of his supporters, has previously described Zimbabwe as an outpost of tyranny.