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Angola: International indifference to Lourenço’s authoritarianism generates alarm

The lack of international reaction to what is understood as repeated and aggravated abuses of power by PR JOÃO LOURENÇO (JL) are a factor of growing concern among forces of civil society and democratic opposition. In their perspective, the reception of JL at the White House by US PR JOE BIDEN (AM 1430) could be exploited by JL to pursue policies of expanding his powers and limiting the capacity of intervention of forces not subject to himself or the MPLA. READ MORE