Former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who passed away on Friday in Spain, was remembered as a patriot by Angolans.
Joao Lourenco, the president of Angola, who is up for reelection in August, claimed that the nation had suffered a “major loss.” He announced a five-day national mourning period beginning on Saturday.
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“The news is quite tragic. He has contributed greatly to the nation, “added 40-year-old bricklayer and Luanda resident Santos Camuenho.
Dos Santos experienced a heart arrest on June 23 and was taken to a hospital in Spain where he was put into intensive care.
An enormous tree has fallen.
Dos Santos was referred to as a “excellent revolutionary” by President of Namibia Hage Geingob.
Geingob reported the collapse of another enormous tree.
He was referred to be a “decisive protagonist” in the interactions with the former colonial authority of Angola by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Jose Manuel Barroso, a former chairman of the European Commission and former prime minister of Portugal, recalls a leader with outstanding intelligence who was able to ensure Angolan national unity.
Dos Santos led his MPLA party during a protracted period of civil strife.
Dos Santos was supported by the Soviet Union and Cuba in the battle, while UNITA rebels enjoyed the support of the United States and apartheid South Africa.
Dos Santos guided Angola away from orthodox Marxism at the end of the 27-year war in 2002, and he encouraged a post-conflict oil boom and increase in foreign investment that completely changed central Luanda.
Nsimba Adao, a 39-year-old street vendor in Luanda, told AFP, “My heart is hurting.” “He gave us serenity,”
