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- Title
Angolan foreign policy in time of war and peace: colonialism and postcolonialism.
- Authors
de Jesus ALVES, Carlos Alberto
- Abstract
This study addresses the political actions of the armed liberation movements of Angola, namely FNLA, MPLA and UNITA, which vied for power during the troubled process of political transition, started in 1974 in that African country. This research addresses as well the foreign policy of the Angolan State led by the MPLA, which had created, in the 60's, the Department of Foreign Affairs in order to seek support and strengthen the diplomatic action against the colonial policy of the Portuguese Estado Novo, while FNLA was been recognized by several countries in the African continent. Another subject of this study is the political commitment of the liberation movements, by means of their overseas delegations and collaborators, to obtain international support and recognition as the legitimate representatives of the Angolan population. This study also focuses the foreign policy of the Angolan State and the normalization of diplomatic relations with several countries, as well as the strengthening of cooperation, the fight against the apartheid regime and the end of the remains of colonialism in Africa. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, political parties in Angola participated in the first general elections, which were supervised by the United Nations in 1992. Ideological change in the Angolan State, in force since 1975, was inevitable and it resulted in the official recognition of the country by the U.S.A. and the institution of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). After the civil war in 2002, the Angolan State has privileged relations with China, while maintaining traditional links with various countries like Brazil, Cuba, the former Soviet Union and other States, as it is reported this study.
- Subjects
CIVIL rights movements; ANGOLAN foreign relations; IMPERIALISM
- Publication
E-Journal of Portuguese History, 2019, Vol 17, Issue 2, p350
- ISSN
1645-6432
- Publication type
Abstract