";s:4:"text";s:3090:"A large-scale battle took place between FLEC and police in Malongo on 14 May in which 25 mortar rounds accidentally hit a nearby Chevron compound.Illicit arms trading characterized much of the later years of the Angolan Civil War, as each side tried to gain the upper hand by buying arms from Angola agreed to trade oil to Slovakia in return for arms, buying six UNITA carried out several attacks against civilians in May 2001 in a show of strength. South African forces tried to capture On 2 June 1985, American conservative activists held the We, free peoples fighting for our national independence and human rights, assembled at Jamba, declare our solidarity with all freedom movements in the world and state our commitment to cooperate to liberate our nations from the Soviet Imperialists.By 1986, Angola began to assume a more central role in the Cold War, with the Soviet Union, Cuba and other Eastern bloc nations enhancing support for the MPLA government, and American conservatives beginning to elevate their support for Savimbi's UNITA. At the end of the 15th century, Portuguese settlers made contact with the Kongo Empire, maintaining a continuous presence in its territory and enjoying considerable cultural and religious influence thereafter. The war is widely considered a Cold War Angola's three rebel movements had their roots in the anti-colonial movements of the 1950s.Since its formation in the 1950s, the MPLA's main social base has been among the Angola, like most African countries, became constituted as a nation through colonial intervention. 243–244.The Dutch conquered and ruled Luanda between 1640 and 1648 as Fort Aardenburgh, but the Portuguese presence was maintained inland, and after the reconquest of Luanda, all trading activities were resumed as before.Crocker, Chester A.; Hampson, Fen Osler; Aall, Pamela R. (2005).
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Dos Santos officially received 49.57% of the vote and Savimbi won 40.6%.