USING POVERTY AS A SCAPEGOAT Chicago Sports Final , N Edition

The poverty-causes-war theory is equally untrue in Africa. Take, for instance, Mozambique and Angola. Both are former Portuguese colonies that had long civil wars and UN peacekeeping operations designed to help end them. In Angola, a country rich in oil and diamonds, the UN failed miserably and the...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Author Dennis C Jett Dennis C Jett is dean of the International Center at the University of Florida He served as US ambassador to Peru and Mozambique
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 13.09.2000
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Poverty
Social conditions & trends
Summit conferences
War
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Summary:The poverty-causes-war theory is equally untrue in Africa. Take, for instance, Mozambique and Angola. Both are former Portuguese colonies that had long civil wars and UN peacekeeping operations designed to help end them. In Angola, a country rich in oil and diamonds, the UN failed miserably and the war continues. In Mozambique, where the main resources are only shrimp and cashews, the UN succeeded. In Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo there is an abundance of diamonds--and an abundance of people willing to fight over them.
ISSN:1085-6706