Angola


A Western-Funded Mercenary W/ An Automatic Grenade Launcher. He helped keep the price of diamonds down so American men could mark their territory.

Vegetation

Stats | Big Map

In A Nut Shell???

America's W.W. III ally, Jonas Savimbi
loses 1992 presidential election.

He takes control of key diamond areas and
spends $2 billion on weapons for a rebellion.

Govt. signs deals w/ U.S. companies
that gives them $500 million for weapons.

Russia, Bulgaria and China were the main dealers.

Slaughter ensues, as Wang Jun and the rest of the
world's gun-runners flood the region w/ weapons.

Environment???

1999
Textron cuts a deal to make deep water drilling possible.
Madeliene Albright lit up the country w/ a visit though.

Spring 2000
'Mysterious' oil slicks appear off Angolan coast.

History | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006

Index