1962
Independence of Angola
The MPLA adopts and reaffirms its policies for an independent Angola, democracy, multiracialism, national liberation of the entire colony, non-alignment, no foreign military bases in Angola, and nationalization
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The MPLA adopts and reaffirms its policies for an independent Angola, democracy, multiracialism, national liberation of the entire colony, non-alignment, no foreign military bases in Angola, and nationalization
The MPLA adopts and reaffirms its policies for an independent Angola, democracy, multiracialism, national liberation of the entire colony, non-alignment, no foreign military bases in Angola, and nationalization
The MPLA holds a party congress, Viriato da Cruz, found to be "slow, negligent, and adverse to planning," is replaced by Agostinho Neto. The MPLA adopts and reaffirms its policies for an independent Angola, democracy, multiracialism, national liberation of the entire colony, non-alignment, no foreign military bases in Angola, and nationalization
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