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Article: CHANCES FOR PEACE IN ANGOLA GROW
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 3, 1988
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MAVINGA, Angola - For nearly three decades, Angolans have
lived, and died, under the gun.
First there was the struggle to end five centuries of
Portuguese rule. Independence finally came in 1975, but not peace.
Almost from the instant Lisbon's flag ceased to flutter over
the capital city of Luanda, the major nationalist factions turned
their weapons on each other.
Today, fighting continues between the ruling Popular Movement
for the Liberation of Angola, or MPLA, which clings to power with
massive Soviet and Cuban military support, and the National Union
for the Total Independence of Angola, better known as UNITA, backed
by South Africa and the United States.
Hope is a scarce ...