“The arduous fight for independence followed by the war did away with everything. First, independence. In 1975, at least 300,000 Portuguese citizens abandoned Angola. Doctors, dentists, lawyers, businessmen, plumbers, mechanics, civil servants, professors. In a question of months, Angola was left without qualified personnel. There was nobody who knew how to manage the country's finances. Second, the war. The war effort sucked all the money that should have been invested in health, education and infrastructure in the country. Now multiply this situation by 30 years, and you get Luanda.

With the high price of gas in recent years, transport costs have also risen and, concurrently, so have all products. The situation has become such that even items produced in Angola can cost more than imports. Why? Economists please correct me, but it seems to have something to do with the law of supply and demand. If you want it now, you have to pay more.”

The country has no industries. Everything is imported. It is shipped in, and there is no space at the port. The ships are anchored two to three months in the high seas, waiting for authorization to unload their goods. Only now has agriculture begun to take its first steps, but only in areas where there are no land mines. The latest statistics I heard were that half of Angola's arable land is rife with mines. As long as the land is not cleaned, nothing is done. Therefore, even food needs to be imported.