Angola-United States relations
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Relations between the United States of America and the Republic of Angola (formerly the People's Democratic Republic of Angola) are the relationship between the two nations. These relations have warmed since Angola's ideological renouciation of Marxism before the 1992 elections.
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The United States opposed Angola's membership into the United Nations from its declaration of independence in 1975 to its acceptance in December 1976. Angola did not have formal relations with the United States until 1993[1]. The US has generallly supported the FNLA and then UNITA, opponents of the current ruling political party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola.
US assistance to Angola amounted to 188 million USD in 2003, much of it in the field of health services and disease control. USAID's food for peace program gave over 30 million USD to Angola's population in 2005.
Angola is currently the second biggest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa of the US, primarily because of oil; Angola produces 1.4 billion barrels of oil per day, second only to Nigeria in all of Africa. This is expected to rise to 2 billion barrels per day by 2008. Much of this oil finds its way to American pumps.
A 2005 visit by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to Washington was a sign of warm relations between the two nations.
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- ^ Steven A Holmes (May 20, 1993). Washington Recognizes Angola Government. New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-01-11.
This article contains material from the Library of Congress Country Studies, which are United States government publications in the public domain.
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