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Biden's visit to oil-rich Angola seeks to underline an attempt by America to focus more on trade and heavy investment in infrastructure, in what some analysts see as the most direct counter yet to China’s influence on the continent.
"It’s a perfect marriage of convenience," Angolan analyst Edmilson Angelo told the BBC.
Biden’s choice of Angola is significant - he is the first US president to visit the country, signalling a dramatic improvement in relations between the two nations.
Angola was firmly in the political orbit of China and Russia after independence from Portuguese colonial rule in 1975, but since taking power in 2017, President João Lourenço has steered it towards closer relations with the US.
"It’s a perfect marriage of convenience," Angolan analyst Edmilson Angelo told the BBC.
Biden’s choice of Angola is significant - he is the first US president to visit the country, signalling a dramatic improvement in relations between the two nations.
Angola was firmly in the political orbit of China and Russia after independence from Portuguese colonial rule in 1975, but since taking power in 2017, President João Lourenço has steered it towards closer relations with the US.
So he could tell the members of the African Union he was giving them $55 billion? What natural resources from those African Union nations will that get the U.S.?
Any valuable minerals and natural resources in Africa. Read Howard French’s book Africa, China’s second continent.
The U.S. is as guilty as any nation for its exploitation of African countries.
And this little haunt will cost the U.S. taxpayer $55 billion. Who will be accountable for this money going to the African Union?
Yeah, hello!
The U.S. is as guilty as any nation for its exploitation of African countries.
And this little haunt will cost the U.S. taxpayer $55 billion. Who will be accountable for this money going to the African Union?
Yeah, hello!
braveheart21 · 61-69, M
Lookin for a place to hide after leaving the White House...
Patriot96 · 56-60, C
Picking up cash and drugs
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
He pardoned Hunter today and so we're saying other things. Murder that reality! It's only going to make your numbers worse.
Zonuss · 46-50, M
It's a PR stunt. Don't buy it. ☺
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