Oil & Democracy in Equatorial Guinea

La Guinea Ecuatorial es una ex-colonia española en Africa y forma parte del mundo hispanoparlante y es por eso yo me dedico en especial a la causa de la democracia en la Guinea Ecuatorial. Son nuestros hermanos en lengua y ellos viven la peor dictadura que sacude la Africa. Es tiempo que los hispanos les pongamos atención a los destinos de las ex-colonias españolas en Africa, la Guinea Ecuatorial y la Sahara Occidental. No podemos abandonar a nuestros hermanos. Tenemos en Zapatero una oportunidad histórica para llamar la atención del mundo a la realidad de estos pueblos olvidados y que sufren en ese olvido. Si eres hispano, estas también son sus causas.

Following up on French Doc’s post on the verdict and the sentence of Simon Mann today in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, I want to add that if you are a Hispanic we have two brother nations in Africa living under the worst imaginable conditions. Spain’s former colonies in Africa languish under the most brutal dictatorships. Equatorial Guinea has been described as the “Dachau of Africa” and the Western Sahara is under a brutal occupation from Morocco. The Hispanic world must do better in bringing attention to horrific conditions in these countries.

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FrenchDoc
July 7th, 2008 11:17 pm

Western Sahara… is that where the Polisario Front is operating? This conflict has been going on since when, the 1970s, at least?

July 7th, 2008 11:35 pm

1975 to be precise. It was my first job out of college working for UNHCR. I was assigned there because I spoke Spanish. Tindouf, Algeria.
48 centigrade in the shade. I was there in 1987. They are still there. Check my posts from International Refugee Day.

I am really hoping that Zapatero will do something. Spain’s former colonies can not suffer so. For them, returning to colonial rule would be an improvement.

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