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-----Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP, also known as Angola, the "Alcatraz of the South and "The Farm"?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola
1483 - Portuguese arrive.
Angola is Portuguese trading arena for slaves. Between 1580 and 1680 a million plus are shipped to Brazil.
1885-1930 - Portugal consolidates colonial control over Angola, local resistance persists.
1950s-1961 - Nationalist movement develops, guerrilla war begins.
1974 - Revolution in Portugal, colonial empire collapses.
1975 - Civil war begins, dragging on until 2002.
1979 - Jose Eduardo dos Santos becomes country's leader.
1987 - South African forces enter southeast Angola to thwart MPLA and Cuban offensive against Unita.
1991 - Government, Unita sign peace accord in Lisbon.
1992 - Disputed elections. Fighting flares again.
1998 - Luanda launches offensive against Unita - thousands killed in next four years of fighting.
2002 - Unita leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in battle and a formal ceasefire is signed.
Thursday, July 7th 2016 at 11:46AM
robert powell
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