The “mildness” of the US attitude towards the apparent lack of transparency of the recent elections in Angola is also considered to stem from assessments (attributed to the CIA) according to which UNITA enjoys “manifest popularity” but is not yet able to to govern the country (the criteria on which the conclusion is based are not known).

According to perspectives attributed to the Pentagon, a weakening of former Russian influences in Angola, especially at the military level, serves the strategy of weakening Russia publicly announced by JOE BIDEN (JB) in order to limit its threat capacity - revealed in the invasion of Ukraine.

João Lourenço was forced to cancel a trip to New York during which he would, for the first time, have the opportunity to see JB. The reason for the unforeseen event was a health problem that he was suddenly affected by. There is no precise information about the nature of the same, it is only certain that it manifested itself in conditions (severity and moment) that would determine the cancellation of the trip. READ MORE