angola

Although under threat of extinction the plants living in Angola are better protected than the plants in Namibia, owing to the relatively high concentration of landmines in Angola, which keep collectors away!

The country where I live (Canada) is the fourth in my life (after Portugal, Angola and Brazil).

I daresay current China is doing a lot more for countries like Angola than western foreign aid money does good.

Afganistan, Angola and other poor countries are on the bottom.

(I have family in Guadalajara and Texas, so I've made that drive frequently.) I don't care if a border official knows Zaire from Angola -- just as long as they know the rules and regulations and apply them systematically to visitors.

If your goal is solely "build a house in rural Angola", then yes, hire local talent.

Almost invariably, the people getting arrested and hassled were recent immigrants from places like Brazil, Mozambique, or Angola.

And mind you this was in proletariat-loving SF not some courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama or Angola, Louisiana.

Given Angola's notorious reputation as, well, Angola, and the fact that these two allegedly murdered a prison guard--it isn't inconceivable that a vindictive move like this one was played by the state.

Angola is not a wealthy country (GDP per capita around $7,000) and it's consistently in the bottom fourth for the HDI.

Brazil connects with Cape Verde island and will connect with Angola, another portuguese-speaking country.

Another interesting plant is Welwitschia that can be found in Namimbia and Angola.

If your goal is solely "build a house in rural Angola", then yes, hire local talent.

This includes financing both sides of a war (as in Angola), and the "black governors" as some call them deliberately installing the rule of corruption from top to bottom (see Mobutu for the best example).

Haha,sorry I had read the article before I commented, but I could not resist the temptation of talking about kids, specially with a statement like this that I strongly disagree with(the "often" part, if the statement were true we will be talking about miserable kids that I personally don't know about, and I have been living in Angola and Brazil with very poor kids).

Almost invariably, the people getting arrested and hassled were recent immigrants from places like Brazil, Mozambique, or Angola.

And mind you this was in proletariat-loving SF not some courthouse in Montgomery, Alabama or Angola, Louisiana.

Given Angola's notorious reputation as, well, Angola, and the fact that these two allegedly murdered a prison guard--it isn't inconceivable that a vindictive move like this one was played by the state.