America's New Frontier - Angola

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January 2005
Revenue from Angola's oil reserves should be aiding the country's development. But instead, it's being used as a slush fund for government corruption.

Deep in Luanda's sewers, a group of boys show us around their home. "I'm desperate for help," begs one. "I'm eating rubbish, surrounded by others who are sniffing glue." According to the latest calculations, 9% of the country's GDP is siphoned off. Even the US ambassador admits that oil revenues are not going to "the Angolan people." Ordinary Angolans know they're being ripped off by their leaders. They're seething with resentment. In the Angolan enclave of Cabinda, this discontent has fuelled a separatist movement which has been fighting for years. With more and more Angolans asking awkward questions, there's a risk the country will collapse into anarchy again if the corruption problem isn't addressed.

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[acmlussoke]

Angola its not West africa dude , its Southernwestern

[shussey100]

If these rotten Americans ever turn their graze towards Angola, we will fight them. We don't like them, need them at all. They are filth and evil.

[urbanlion100]

The portuguese colonized it, err hrrm hrrrm, invade'em and took their land and rights, I meant. And then, came the Russions, the Cubans and the Americans. All negociating, on our ground, the misery that would be destinated for us until the oil was dry. And now we all copy and paste the same message, blaming the Americans. Everyone in Europe who owes a car is guilty. One day.

[bodymagicbaby]

This story seems oddly resembling of first colonization by the western countries. Africa... Umoja please. Arm against the dark forces of Western VANITY!

[RBRodas]

Please USA just leave alone Angola. What ever America touches tends to decay faster.

[wilsalvn]

How hard would it be to build a clean and safe orphanage for 5,000 homeless children with all that oil money coming in. The government has 32 Billion missing, they could have built a 1000 orphanges with that kind of money. The child takes him aside and ask for help, but they are not their to help, they are there to just exploit your misery.

[Jbreeze1000]

Why would say such a thing? Have you been there, do you what its like. You better shut your mouth

-An angolan

[donleeization]

As a proud Angola national, the only thing I can say is thanks this production for the courage demonstrated in doing such illustrative documentary. Most of the people in this country suffer what others do to them. They do not choose their situation, they do not accept their life, as the production well said "they do not have guns to fight their regime". Their only hope does not live on the United Nations but on the fire they all have to believe in better days and better live conditions

[acmlussoke]

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola is a country in southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city. The exclave province of Cabinda has borders with the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Are we clear NOW???????????????

[acmlussoke]

Angola is part of the South of Africa, please get a map of the continents , and verify for your self

[wilsalvn]

It's still west dude. That's like saying the state of washington is not on the west coast because it's not California.

[mastagfba]

It bothers me when journalists or others in general speak of the American people broadly. When they generalize that Americans and their empirical ways are causing the destruction of other nations they assert that every single American plays a conscious part in said countries' demise. In fact, the vast majority of us are unaware of this and those few that are are almost powerless to stop it. Boycotting fuel, refusing food, etc. doesn't do any direct good unfortunately and some feel helpless.