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298: 1295:, the U.S. government, which had never recognized the legitimacy of the MPLA, finally recognized the Angolan government and stopped supporting UNITA, further alienating Savimbi. After failed talks in 1993 to end the conflict, another agreement, the Lusaka Protocol, was implemented in 1994 to form a government of national unity. In 1995, U.N. peacekeepers arrived. But UNITA broke away from the Lusaka agreement in 1998, citing violations of it by the MPLA. In late 1998, a militant group calling itself 1169:, all of which, with U.S. support, were successfully opposing Soviet-sponsored governments, as evidence that the U.S. was beginning to gain an upper hand in the Cold War conflict and that the Reagan Doctrine was working. Critics, on the other hand, responded that the support given to UNITA, the contras, and the Afghan mujahideen was inflaming regional conflicts at great expense to these nations. Furthermore, UNITA, like the Angolan government it fought, was criticized for human rights abuses. 3785: 343: 3580: 1264:. Following Chitunda's death, UNITA defensively moved their base from Jamba to Huambo. Savimbi's 1992 decision to return to combat ultimately proved a costly one, with many of Savimbi's U.S. conservative allies urging Savimbi to contest dos Santos electorally in the run-off election. Savimbi's decision to forego the run-off also greatly strained UNITA's relations with U.S. President 275: 1233: 1900: 1856: 1817: 1778: 1742: 1158:, UNITA came to control "vast swaths of the interior (of Angola)". Savimbi's very survival in Angola in and of itself was viewed as an incredible accomplishment, and he came to be known as "Africa's most enduring bush fighter" given assassination attempts, aided by extensive Soviet, Cuban, and East German military troops, advisors and support, that he survived. 1252:, United Nations-brokered elections were held, with both Savimbi and dos Santos running for president in 1992. Failing to win an overall majority in the first round of balloting, and then questioning the election's legitimacy, Savimbi and UNITA returned to armed conflict. Fighting resumed in October 1992 in Huambo, quickly spreading to Angola's capital, 1908: 1864: 1825: 1786: 1669: 1638: 1612: 1581: 858:. UNITA was hard-pressed but recovered with South African aid and then was strengthened considerably by U.S. support during the 1980s. The MPLA's military presence was strongest in Angolan cities, the coastal region and the strategic oil fields. But UNITA controlled much of the highland's interior, notably the 63: 1318:
Six weeks following Savimbi's death, in April 2002, UNITA agreed to a ceasefire with the government. Under an amnesty agreement, UNITA soldiers and their families, comprising roughly 350,000 people, were gathered in 33 demobilisation camps under the "Program For Social and Productive Reintegration of
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UNITA gained some international notoriety in 1983 after abducting 66 Czechoslovak civilians and detaining a third of them for about 15 months. Belgium eventually negotiated the release of the civilians. Fighting in Angola continued until 1989, when, with UNITA advancing militarily, Cuba withdrew its
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The Angolan civil war ended only after the death of Savimbi, who was killed in an ambush on 22 February 2002. His death was shocking to many Angolans, many of whom had grown up during the Angolan civil war and witnessed Savimbi's ability to successfully evade efforts by Soviet, Cuban and Angolan
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As the war began to include both military and diplomatic components, Johns and leading U.S. conservatives urged Savimbi to make a ceasefire contingent on the MPLA's agreement to "free and fair elections." When the UNITA demand was originally rebuffed by the MPLA, Savimbi vastly intensified his
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became the first president of post-colonial Angola. Backed by Soviet and Cuban money, weapons and troops, the MPLA defeated the FNLA militarily and forced them largely into exile. UNITA also was nearly destroyed in November 1975, but it managed to survive and set up a second government, the
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that he had not felt adequately consulted on the negotiations or agreement and was in opposition to it. "There are a lot of loopholes in that agreement. The agreement is not good at all," Johns reported Savimbi telling both of them during a March 1989 visit with Savimbi in Angola."
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and the MPLA's Central Committee rejected its Marxist past and agreed to Savimbi's demand for free and fair elections, though UNITA and its supporters viewed the promises skeptically, especially because the MPLA's relations with the Soviet Union remained strong.
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Demobilized and War Displaced People". In August 2002, UNITA officially gave up its armed wing, and UNITA placed all of its efforts on the development of its political party. Despite the ceasefire, deep political conflict between UNITA and the MPLA remains.
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might be drawing to an end, Savimbi's U.S. support, which had been strong, began to be questioned, with some in Congress urging the end of U.S. support for UNITA. Matters were further complicated by repeated reports that Soviet General Secretary
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Under Savimbi's leadership, UNITA proved especially effective militarily before and after independence, becoming one of the world's most effective armed resistance movements of the late 20th century. According to the
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The U.S. government "explicitly encouraged" the governments of Israel, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Zaire to aid UNITA. In 1983 the U.S. and South African governments agreed to ship weapons from the
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After the Portuguese withdrawal from Angola in 1974–75 and the end of their colonial rule, the MPLA and UNITA splintered, and civil war began as the movements clashed militarily and ideologically. MPLA leader
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In 1999, a MPLA military offensive damaged UNITA considerably, essentially destroying UNITA as a conventional military force and forcing UNITA to return to more traditional guerrilla tactics.
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A UNITA sticker, issued for its 20th anniversary celebrations in 1986. The sticker carries the UNITA symbol and the slogan 'Socialism – Negritude – Democracy – Non-Alignment'
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They're lobbyists, and they earn hundreds of thousands of dollars flacking for fascists and schmoozing on behalf of tyrants blithely waltzing through life as PUBLICISTS OF THE DAMNED."
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The United States supported the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) from 1961 to 1969 and from August 1974 to January 1976. The FNLA/UNITA coalition opposed the MPLA.
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support, removing several thousand troops that it had dispatched to Angola to fight Savimbi's UNITA. With many commentators and foreign policy specialists seeing that the
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and spoke of Savimbi winning a victory that "electrifies the world" while others hinted at a much darker regime, dismissing Savimbi as a power-hungry propagandist.
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forbid U.S. involvement in the civil war, Secretary Haig told Savimbi in December 1981 that the U.S. would continue to provide assistance to UNITA.
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military pressure, while alleging that the MPLA was resisting free and fair elections because they feared a UNITA electoral victory. Meanwhile, an
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Alliances sometimes changed dramatically over the course of the wars. Some groups may be associated with multiple, ostensibly opposed factions.
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regime). 200 other delegates were present in the event. UNITA launched its first attack on Portuguese colonial authorities on 25 December 1966.
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As Savimbi gained ground despite the forces aligned against him, American conservatives pointed to his success, and that of Afghan
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foreign policy, consisting of support for anti-communist resistance movements in Central America, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere.
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In the 1980s and early 1990s, Savimbi sought out vastly expanded relations with the U.S. He received considerable guidance from
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to South Africa and then to UNITA in Angola. The U.S. also traded weapons with South Africa for intelligence on the civil war.
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which was paid $ 600,000 each year from Savimbi beginning in 1985, UNITA gained strong backing from the Reagan administration.
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Didier Péclard, "Les incertitudes de la nation en Angola: Aux racines sociales de l'Unita", Paris: Karthala, (2015).
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was reached that provided for the removal of foreign troops from Angola in exchange for the independence of
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detailed how UNITA continued to finance its war effort through the sales of diamonds (later to be known as
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Hoekstra, Quint. "The effect of foreign state support to UNITA during the Angolan War (1975–1991)."
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broke away from mainstream UNITA, when several UNITA commanders dissatisfied with the leadership of
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As Savimbi resumed fighting, the U.N. responded by implementing an embargo against UNITA through
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had raised U.S. support for UNITA in several formal and informal summit meetings with President
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Pearce, Justin. "From Rebellion to Opposition: UNITA's Social Engagement in Post-War Angola."
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UNITA received support from several governments in Africa and around the world, including the
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ended their allegiance to his organization. Thousands more deserted UNITA in 1999 and 2000.
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in the government of UNITA, pro-Western rebels, during the Angolan Civil War (1975–2002).
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Savimbi benefited from the support of influential American conservatives, including
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National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy
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from South Africa. In Angola, however, Savimbi told Johns and conservative leader
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and other U.S. conservative leaders, who helped elevate Savimbi's stature in
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The Destruction of a Nation: United States' Policy Towards Angola Since 1945
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Johns and other American conservatives met regularly with Savimbi in remote
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The Destruction of a Nation: United States Policy Towards Angola Since 1945
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With Freedom Near In Angola, This is No Time to Curtail Unita Assistance
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JUSTINO, Jofre. A actual UNITA traiu o espírito de Muangai. Maputo, 2006
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met with Savimbi between November 1981 and January 1982. Although the
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The Diplomacy of Liberation: Foreign Relations of the ANC Since 1960
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from 1966 until October 1975 and later from the United States and
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had given the MPLA military support through the ANC armed wing
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U.S.-Chinese Cooperation and Conflict in the Angolan Civil War
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and action to end to the trade in blood diamonds through the
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and promoted the transfer of American weapons to his war.
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Democratic Party for Progress – Angolan National Alliance
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high ranking security officials met with UNITA leaders.
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A ceasefire ultimately was negotiated and MPLA leader
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Party of the United Struggle for Africans in Angola
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