Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Angolan video exercise

Answer the following questions related to the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMOxUZAHNLk) that you saw in class today:

1. Describe the plight of children in Luanda shown in the video.

2. From where do Angolans from all walks of life get their food?

3. How did the U.S. ambassador to Angola explain away the mismanagement of government funds when asked how the Angolan president can build two new palaces on his small salary?

4. How does the film describe the methods the government that Angola uses to deal with opposition to its rule?

5. How much money went "missing" from the Angolan economy from 1997-2002? Where do you think it went to?

6. Explain why so many roads are unsave to drive on in Angola.

7. Explain the situation in Cabinda with regards to oil and soverignty

Please post your responses by midnight on Friday 24 Sept

21 comments:

  1. 1. The children of Luanda are forced to live in decrepit hovels filled with garbage and bereft of beds. They have no parents, no education, and no food. They sniff glue and oil to get a high because their lives are so depressing. Another band of children lives in one of the sewers, sleeping from beds that hang from the ceiling. Their only source of fresh food is a bunch of wild tomatoes that grow in the sewage.
    2. All of Angola’s food is imported. The poor have to be fed by handouts from the USA through the World Food Program. The rich purchase incredibly expensive food from special private supermarkets that is imported from France, the USA, or South Africa.
    3. The US ambassador in Angola explained the spending of oil incomes by the government as a reward for all the suffering that they went through during the civil war. The ambassador’s job is to keep oil flowing into the US and will not question this corrupt spending as long as there is oil for the Americans.
    4. The government is extremely brutal with opposition control. One man had his hands tied behind is back and was forced into the ocean at gunpoint and died soon after. Other methods include threats made by the Army and local police to anyone who speaks out of line against the government. The reporter was immediately spotted by a soldier while filming in the dump and told to shut the camera off.
    5. From 1997-2002, $4.2 Billion went missing from the Angolan budget. I think this money was spent on funding private interests by the ruling elite, such as palaces, food, private education, and air lifts to European hospitals. Another portion could have been spent on large amounts of weapons that the government uses to suppress revolts in Cabinda and silence protests by the people.
    6. So many roads in Angola are unsafe to drive on because they are covered in thousands of unexploded mines from the civil war.
    7. About 60% of Angola’s oil production comes from the Cabinda province. It was annexed by Angola and so the people there actually feel very little connection to Angola, apart from the fact that it is also an exclave of Angola. The people there see very little of the oil profits, and the government is appointed by the government in Luanda. As a result, the people have very little actual sovereignty and representation. There is no infrastructure and no connection to the oil industry. The complex of Malongo is completely closed off to the people of Cabinda and is completely surrounded by mines. All in all, the people suffer extremely and receive no benefit from the oil industry.

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  2. 1. Describe the plight of children in Luanda shown in the video.

    While the sons and daughters of government workers party like they're on Gossip Girl, there is an underground community of some 5,000 children in Luanda who make their homes in sewers and abandoned buildings, constantly in fear of police. Glue-sniffing abounds.

    2. From where do Angolans from all walks of life get their food?

    All food in Angola is imported. The poor get food from the World Food Program, whilst the rich get foreign goods from grocery stores.

    3. How did the U.S. ambassador to Angola explain away the mismangement of government funds when asked how the Angolan president can build tow new palaces on his small salary?

    "After years of deprivation, people feel they deserve to be rewarded."

    4. How does the film describe the methods the government of Angola uses to deal with opposition to it's rule?

    They respond with sadistic violence and an utter lack of compassion. Also, denial.

    5. How much money went "missing" from the Angloan economy from 1997-2002? Where do you think it went to?

    9.25% of the GDP went missing and was probably spent on luxury goods, foreign services, and other unnecessary self-serving things.

    6. Explain why so many roads are unsave to drive on in Angola.

    Land mines are buried in the roads and "come to the surface" with road work and driving.

    7. Explain the situation in Cabinda with regards to oil and soverignty

    Cabinda lies on 60% of all Angola's oil, and receives none of the profits. The province was immediately put under the control of Angola following its independence, and has suffered from internal conflict ever since, particularly after the discovery of oil there. The people there desire independence and they're currently being run by governors selected in the capital, who in the spirit of most colonial governors, know little about the region except that ruling it pads their pocketbooks.

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  3. 5. Specifically, 4.27 billion dollars.

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  4. 1. As shown in the video, a majority of the children who were not related to the president or high government officials, children liked in dark unlit rooms filled with close to 60 people. Beds hanging from the ceiling because the sewer water runs below on the floor, and because of the lack of food and money, many children sniff glue because of the terrible life they lead. It is truly a depressing situation.
    2. Imported! The wealthy, the poor, the middle class everyone. The poor however gets their food from a donation program from the United States. The wealthy were lucky enough to be able to afford to go to the grocery store because of how expensive the prices of food were.
    3. The U.S. ambassador never admitted to the government misusing their funds. In fact she believed that they were being used well. However based on the visuals from the video, funds are not reaching the hospitals, schools and orphanages.
    4. The film describes how when citizens of Angola want to express outwardly against the government, that they are beaten or killed. Local rapper MCK, risks his life everyday by singing out what he believes about the government. We also witnessed another account of violence when a lock was killed by the government for singing one of MCK’s songs. He left behind his wife and two young boys.
    5. $4.27 billion went missing between 1997-2002 and it went straight into the pockets of the government.
    6. In Angola, the roads people use everyday are plagued with land mines. The roads (if they have been cleared) are “sort of safe” however land mines are discovered frequently.
    7. The citizens who live in Cabinda are getting frustrated by government officials who will not grant them back their land, however they want their freedom and independence. The oil companies want to monopolize the land with oil for production and revenue.

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  5. 1. The children in Luanda that have no family or have run away, live in squalor. The best case condition is living in abandoned buildings with concrete floors and infested with animals. The worst case would be sleeping in hanging beds on the roof of the sewers to avoid the filthy water. They resort to sniffing petrol to get high and avoid their present situation.
    2. The upper class imports food from South Africa, the US, China, and Portugal. Whereas, aid organizations import food from the US to the poor in the country. Almost no food is locally made.
    3. The US ambassador does not acknowledge or agree with the accusations of corruption in the country. She thinks that the money is being used how it should and in the right places. She acknowledges that the satisfaction of the people of Angola is very important to the future of the US-Angolan relationship.
    4. To deal with opposition, the Angolan soldiers and police beat or torture any outspoken citizens. There is no trial or free speech.
    5. About 4 billion dollars went missing according to the Human Rights Watch. I think people in the government just siphoned it off and pocketed it. It is not reaching any of the citizens.
    6. The roads in Angola are so unsafe to drive on because of the landmines that are left over from the civil war and fighting in the country.
    They have not been removed or detonated.
    7. The Cabinda region holds most of the oil in the country off of their coast and do not gain any of the profits. Through separatist groups they have been trying to escape the hold of the Angolan forces in the area with little success. It has become a war zone and the Angolan forces are unnecessarily violent against any of the resistance forces. It is said that if Cabinda was able to break away and form their own country, then they would have one of the richest country's in the entire world.

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  6. 1. Luanda’s children, unless they are connected to the country’s elite, are generally very poor. One in four of the children in the country die before they turn five, many from preventable diseases. The children that the reporter talks to are living in a sewer where, during the rainy season, they must hang in hammock-like structures from the ceiling when the sewer floods and three or so feet of foul water flows underneath them. They eat from garbage dumps and are sometimes beaten up or killed by the government.
    2. Everyone in Angola get imported foods. The rich buy expensive food from South Africa, France and the United States while the poor eat food that the United Nations Food Program sends in.
    3. The ambassador generally exists to keep the oil from Angola flowing freely, and flowing to the United States in particular. She claimed not to know what was going on but said that it was being spent responsibly. She also said that people feel the need to reward themselves after a long war.
    4. The government often kills or imprisons those who speak against it. One man was singing a song by a local rapper which was anti-government. The government tied his arms and forced him into the water. He drowned and his body was found a few days later. The police do not want journalists to document what was going on in Angola.
    5. About 4.2 billion dollars USD went missing in those five years. Although some in the government claim that it went to buying weapons for defense, the president and the “100 Families” live in splendor that the president’s small salary does by no means cover.
    6. The roads still contain land mines from the civil war. It is currently estimated that anywhere from 4-8 million land mines are still in the country which only has 12 million people.
    7. Cabinda is a region of Angola that is ethnically different from the rest of the country and is more closely related to the Kongo people. The kingdom asked Portugal for protection but was never formally colonized. When Angola became independent, the government quickly seized control. As much as 60% of oil comes from off the coast of Cabinda but the government sees most of the revenue. Although there are separatist groups such as FLEC, the government is actively denying the situation. Another group, Mpalabanda, has been banned by the government and its members are frequently arrested on trumped up charges. The beaches in Cabinda are streaked with oil although the oil companies call this “naturally occurring”.

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  7. 1. The children have no place to live and little food to eat. They resort to living in sewers and abandoned houses. They eat tomatoes that grow in human feces and search dumps for food and shelter. The police beat them and sometimes kill them. They sniff glue and petrol to escape their retched lives.

    2. Most Angolans eat imported food. The rich import food and luxury goods from the US, France, Portugal and other countries. The poor can get food from the World Food Program, which is mostly donated by Americans.

    3. She said that most of the money is being sent properly, and going to the people of Angola that it needs to go to. She also said that she did not know about the palaces, and that the reporter should ask some one else.

    4. The Angolan government uses force to beat people into submission. They are indiscriminate about who they lash back against and how they do it. They are brutal, and kill men, women, and children alike, sometimes at random.

    5. 4.2 billion dollars went missing, mostly due to corruption and mismanagement. Only a small part went missing due to poor accounting. Likely, some of it was used to build one or both of those lovely palaces of the president’s.

    6. There are many unexploded land mines from the civil war that can sift to the surface of roads as vehicles pass. Most roads are “sort of unsafe.”

    7. Cabinda produces 60% of Angola’s oil. However, they see little of the profit. They are angry at the Angolan government and want their freedom from Angola, who they see as their first colonizer.

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  8. 1. The childrenthe video shows are children with no family and are on their own with other children. They live in sewers and other abandoned buildings. 1 in 4 children die before their 5th birthday.

    2. All food in Angola is imported, whether you are poor or rich. Poor eat food donated through the World Food Program, and rich people eat imported food.

    3. The ambassador somewhat avoids the question and rather says that the money is spent by the Angolan government approprietly.

    4. The Angolan government basically threatens and kills oppossition to its government. Police administer this and in one case forced a kid to drown.

    5. 4.27 billion dollars went missing from the treasury during 1997-2002. I think it went towards the military, obviously the president got some, and other government officials may have gotten some.

    6. Many roads in Angola are unsafe to drive on because some past mines are still under the roads. Left over from the civil war.

    7. Cabinda has most of Angola's oil and is therefore kept by Angola. Cabinda wants its independence from Angola and to keep the oil it has, but Angola will not give it to them because it wants the oil.

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  9. 1. Children in Luanda resort to living in hammocks hanging from the ceiling of sewers that they can't even leave during the rainy season because the filthy water gets to be too deep. They live with 50-60 individuals squished into one space. Most are orphans or runaways. They sniff glue in a vain effort to make their lives a little bit better.
    2. The poor receive their food from the World Food Market which gets their donations largely from America. The wealthy get their food from the supermarket which gets the food imported from countries like Portugal, France, South Africa and America.
    3. She claimed that it's being spent responsibly (but it's not.)
    4. When Angola hears of someone who disapproves of their methods of governing, they send out a group of Angolan guards to beat the person, tie their arms together, and force them to walk into the ocean. In other words, they have no tolerance for dissent in the ranks. If you don't like it, deal with it because otherwise you'll get yourself killed and leave your young widow to raise your two young kids on her own, which isn't too easy even when one of them isn't deaf and mute.
    5. $4.27 billion went missing from the Angolan economy. It probably went to fund completely inconsequential and purposeless things, like private jets for the wealthy and ice sculptures for fancy prancy parties.
    6. When you drive on a road in Angola you take your life in your hands because there are still hundreds if not thousands of unexploded land mines still in the ground waiting for some poor sap to come along for them to blow up under.
    7. When Cabinda was abandoned by Portugal, Angola rushed in to claim dibs. Now the Cabindan people are ruled by governors appointed by the government in Luanda. 60% of Angola's oil comes from Cabinda and ten percent of the revenue to Angola goes to Cabinda. Cabinda is understandably very frustrated and according to John Ghazvinian, the Cabindan people wouldn't care if the Angolans drilled oil as much as much as they want...they just want to be able to govern themselves.

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  10. 1. Describe the plight of children in Luanda shown in the video.

    Children of Angola are forced to live in very rough conditions. They live in old beat up houses amongst themselves. These children’s only food sources are the fruits they grow using sewer water to water them and the donations from the united food organization and other food donation non-profits. 25% of Angolan children don’t make it to age five.

    2. From where do Angolans from all walks of life get their food?

    Both the wealthy and the poor eat imported foods weather it’s from France, Portugal, or national food donation companies.

    3.How did the U.S. ambassador to Angola explain away the mismanagement of government funds when asked how the Angolan president can build tow new palaces on his small salary?

    She completely avoided the question by suggesting that her interviewer ask the president himself. She also said they are trying to avoid things like this happening in the future.

    4. How does the film describe the methods the government of Angola uses to deal with opposition to it's rule?

    The film suggests that Angola uses force when questioned or put in uncomfortable predicaments.

    5. How much money went "missing" from the Angloan economy from 1997-2002? Where do you think it went to?

    From 1997-2002 $4.2 billion went missing due to corruption and gross mismanagement.

    6. Explain why so many roads are unsafe to drive on in Angola.

    As a ramification of the many years of war in Angola many land mines have been placed throughout the country and on its many roads.

    7. Explain the situation in Cabinda with regards to oil and sovereignty.
    The oil companies are excused from any rules or regulations from the country due to the massive amounts of taxes they are paying the government.

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  11. John Heenan

    1. Angolan children often run away from home or are orphaned. They live on the streets and are often assaulted by the police. They sniff glue and petroleum for the high. They live in large groups in unsafe conditions, including derelict buildings and sewers. 25% of Angolan children die before their 5th birthday.
    2. All Angolans eat imported food, as the petroleum industry has made all in country farming prohibitive. The poorer residents eat food brought in by the World Food Program, and the richer ones eat imported food from South Africa and the US.
    3. The US Ambassador to Angola describes the situation as an imperfect one. She suggests that it would be preferred if the money was more evenly distributed.
    4. The Angolan government is described as using extreme methods to ensure compliance with government policies. This includes the arrest and sometimes murder of dissidents, as was the case in a recent incident where a man was drowned after singing an anti-government song.
    5. 4.7 billion dollars went missing from the national treasury between 1997 and 2002, the equivalent of $960 billion dollars disappearing from the US treasury annually. The money most likely was embezzled, and some may have been used to acquire weaponry.
    6. Many Angolan roads are unsafe to drive on because of the heavy use of land mines in the country’s history. They migrate to the surface as roads are used and create a danger on nearly every road in the country.
    7. The situation in Cabinda is dire. Most Angolan oil is in Cabinda, and the region is rife with violence. Many groups continue to fight. The oil company compounds are ringed by razor wire fences and surrounded by land mines in a country that is signatory to the international ban. The region receives no money for its oil and the government is run from outside the region.

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  12. 1. Children are living in beds in sewers and some die before they reach 5. The lack of food and a sanitary environment makes lives for these children very hard. They can grow some basic fruits or vegetables in the sewer water that is filled with feces. Many kids resort to sniffing glue or petrol to escape their problems.
    2. All food in Angola has been imported from other countries and most Angolans eat food provided by the World Food Program. The US donates most of the food to the program in Angola.
    3. The US ambassador believes that the money going to Angola is being spent well on social progress. Most of the money to Angola is being spent on government videos, which the ambassador says is important, but is not being spent on hospitals or public works projects.
    4. The government does not tolerate opposition in any regard. They have been accused of beating and killing protestors. The rapper MCK spread his raps with anti-government messages and people caught singing them can face ramifications.
    5. 4.27 billion went missing in Angola between 1997-2002.
    6. Many of the roads bigger roads in Angola are lined with land mines that can cause fatal problems. Even the roads that have been cleared of land mines are not safe because of risk of being stopped.
    7. Cabinda wants its own sovereignty from Angola and believes that it is not getting the revenue it deserves from oil. There is a large oil industry in off-shore Cabinda that generates large profit for Angola as a whole. Those profits are not going to Cabinda as much as the people would like and is an driving factor in why Cabinda wants to be independent.

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  13. 1.I hear tell that the children living in Launda live in deserted hovels of buildings and in the sewers. During the rainy season the children are forced to stay in their beds, suspended from the tops of the sewer because the rest fills with several feet disgusting water. Also the children pick through refuse for most of their food expect for the small amount of produce that they can grow themselves in the filthy water. Also at times that are attacked and killed by policemen.
    2. They get them from out of country. All of the food is imported from Europe, for the rich, or from China or the WFP, for the poor.
    3. The US ambassador refuses to acknowledge that there is corruption. Sh e insisted that all of the money is being spent to rebuild the country. At this point what can you expect, she insisted, they were just in a massive war.
    4. It describes as being very poor. In fact the movie suggested that dissidents are KILLED!!!!!!! The movie also shows the military and police following around the reported, I'm guessing the keep a watch on him and make sure that nothing particularly bad about the government comes out. Also soldiers approached and threatened the woman whose husband was killed after she had been offered help by an opposition party.
    5. $4.2 BILLION went missing students. In fact this money was being used to pay for the governments corrupt practices. For the private jets and the presidents mansions. To a lesser extent this might be a result of some very bad
    book keeping.
    6. Because STUDENTS the roads are covered in mines. After heavy use these mines sometimes rise to the surface after being deeply buried. It is just like the Golan Heights.
    7. The Cabinda region in Angola holds 60% of the countries oil and so is of MASSIVE strategic value to Angola, it has positioned around 50,000 soldiers in the region RIGHT NOW (Webberish gesture). Unfortunately for them though there is great there is a massive guerrilla movement in the region called FLEC. They say they fight merely for national sovereignty to regain the independence that there people once had. However, it is hard to believe that the massive amount of oil revenue, that the region only gets 10% of isn't a serious reason. Angola has tried to treat this conflict as its one with UNITA. However, there are great differences. UNITA was at its core one man, hated by the populace where FLEC is heavily supported by the people of Cabinda and not by international groups, or other countries.
    Also the beaches are turning black. Chevron says it isn't oil but many find that herd to believe.

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  14. 1. The children in Luanda live in terrible conditions. They make their homes in abandoned buildings and sewers. Their beds hang from the ceiling and are confined to the sewers for long periods of time when they fill with water. There are 5,000 (possibly more) street children in Luanda. They sniff glue and petroleum in order to stay warm, get high, and escape their terrible lives.

    2. Angolans’ food is imported. The wealthy purchase their food from primarily Portugal, South Africa, and France. The poor receive their food from the World Food Program, which is run by the U.S. The lack of food grown in Angola is a result of Dutch Disease.

    3. The U.S. ambassador to Angola claims that fund are being used effectively to rebuild the destroyed country. This response could be a result of the ambassador trying to please the Angolan government in order to maintain good relations.

    4. The government handles opposition by violently ending it. This includes killing those who show evidence of opposition.

    5. From 1997 to 2002 $4.72 billion went missing. This figure is equivalent to 9.25% of the GDP going missing per year. The money most likely went into the pockets of the Angolan elite to be spent on their opulent lifestyles and stored in offshore bank accounts.

    6. Many of the Angolan roads are unsafe because mines are buried beneath and rise up when aggravated by the cars driving over them.

    7. Though Cabinda is composed of only 1% of Angola’s total land area, it accounts for 60% of the country’s oil production. Most of the profits are taken by the central government; Cabinda is only allowed to keep 10% of the royalties. The oil companies have used and abused Cabinda, leaving the beaches in terrible conditions and the people unhappy. Though the oil companies gain immense profit from the oil, the Cabindan people have seen little improvement, if not a worsening in their lives.

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  16. 1. Children are living in beds in sewers and some die before they reach 5. The lack of food and a sanitary environment makes lives for these children very hard. They can grow some basic fruits or vegetables in the sewer water that is filled with feces. Many kids resort to sniffing glue or petrol to escape their problems.
    2. All food in Angola has been imported from other countries and most Angolans eat food provided by the World Food Program. The US donates most of the food to the program in Angola.
    3. The US ambassador believes that the money going to Angola is being spent well on social progress. Most of the money to Angola is being spent on government videos, which the ambassador says is important, but is not being spent on hospitals or public works projects.
    4. The government does not tolerate opposition in any regard. They have been accused of beating and killing protestors. The rapper MCK spread his raps with anti-government messages and people caught singing them can face ramifications.
    5. 4.27 billion went missing in Angola between 1997-2002.
    6. Many of the roads bigger roads in Angola are lined with land mines that can cause fatal problems. Even the roads that have been cleared of land mines are not safe because of risk of being stopped.
    7. Cabinda wants its own sovereignty from Angola and believes that it is not getting the revenue it deserves from oil. There is a large oil industry in off-shore Cabinda that generates large profit for Angola as a whole. Those profits are not going to Cabinda as much as the people would like and is an driving factor in why Cabinda wants to be independent.

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  17. 1) The children in Luanda are living in horrible conditions. One in every four children die before their 5th birthday. They live in sewers, in beds suspended from the ceiling. When the rains come, the children cannot leave their beds, or else they would walk in sewer water. They resort to sniffing petrol and glue as an escape from their lives.
    2) All food in Angola is imported. The rich buy their food at high prices in supermarkets, and the poor receive food from the World Food Program. This food is usually donated by the United States.
    3) The US ambassador explained that the money is well spent, that after years of civil war, the country deserved to spend money on projects such as the president’s palaces.
    4) The government uses brutal and even sometimes fatal methods to deal with opposition to its rule. It beats and exterminates people who display any sort of opposition to the government.
    5) From 1997-2002, $4.27 billion went missing from the Angolan economy. I think it went straight into the governors’ pockets to support the building of their mansions.
    6) So many roads in Angola are unsafe to drive on because landmines left over from the Angolan civil war remain buried underground, and as the roads get worn away, the landmines come closer to the surface, waiting to be blown up.
    7) Cabinda is a breakaway province separated from the rest of Angola by a small piece of the Congo. It is where 60% of Angola’s oil is produced, however it is home to less than 2% of Angola’s population. It is filled with oil executives and poor Angolans, who never see the revenue from all the oil production. Culturally, it is closer to the Congo people, posing a huge threat to Angola. During the Angolan civil war, Angola worried that Cabinda, having really no allegiance to Angola, would be a base for attacks or supplies from the Republic of Congo. During the civil war, the FLEC, a rebel group in Cabinda, fought for independence. The Angolan government has done nothing to acknowledge the problems in Cabinda, for fear of losing power.

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  18. 1. Describe the plight of children in Luanda shown in the video.
    As shown in the video, the life of the children in Luanda has reached extreme lows. Most children are homeless orphans. Many of them are living in the sewers. They live on a day-to-day basis, in fact the video said one in four children don’t make it to age five. The children are not being educated, and can be found sniffing __ on the streets. They main goal in life right now is survival, and staying away from police who often beat them.

    2. From where do Angolans from all walks of life get their food?
    Both the rich and poor Angolans intake imported food. The rich eat imported food, as you would expect. Surprisingly, the poor eat imported food too. The poor get food from united world food programs, and other programs that help provide food. The need for imported food is due to the fact that the country relies completely on oil revenues. Their time and energy is no longer spent on growing food.

    3. How did the U.S. ambassador to Angola explain a way the mismanagement of government funds when asked how the Angolan president can build two new palaces on his small salary?
    The U.S. ambassador to Angola claimed that the government funds are definitely mismanaged and are often spent on the wrong things.

    4. How does the film describe the methods the government of Angola uses to deal with opposition to its rule?
    The methods the government of Angola uses to deal with opposition to its rule is by using force/violence.

    5. How much money went "missing" from the Angolan economy from 1997-2002? Where do you think it went?
    In the five-year period, 1997 to 2002, $4.2billion disappeared from the Angolan economy, most likely due to mismanagement, corruption, and gross income. The money most likely went to the oil companies, or the gov’t officials in the country of Angola. Much of the money goes to the people on top, and as we can see they use the money for the capital city, for the rebuilding of gov’t buildings, along with palaces and other things the president decides to build.

    6. Explain why so many roads are unsafe to drive on in Angola.
    The roads in Angola are unsafe to drive on because of landmines remaining from the Civil War.

    7. Explain the situation in Cabinda with regards to oil and sovereignty.
    The situation in Cabinda is the fact that Cabinda wants to be independent from Angola. They want independence because they want the oil revenues they deserve that Angola is taking.

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