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Title: | Portugal and Africa: The Politics of Re-Engagement |
Author: | MacQueen, Norman |
Year: | 1985 |
Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | March |
Pages: | 31-51 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Portuguese-speaking Africa Portugal |
Subjects: | foreign policy international relations nationalism |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/160462 |
Abstract: | In the years since the April Revolution of 1974 and the subsequent process of decolonisation. Portugal's relations with its former African colonies have undergone considerable strains. Yet. over the period, the general tendency has been one of accelerating rapprochement. More or less cordial relations were established with Guine-Bissau, whereas those with Mozambique were fraught with difficulties until the 1980s. The peculiar division of power which was laid down in the post-revolutionary constitution allowed Ramalho Eanes, Head of State since 1976, considerable personal latitude in foreign policy. His energies in this were especially directed towards iusophone Africa. Similarly, the particular difficulties faced by the larger ex-colonies, Angola and Mozambique, have had an ambiguous influence on relations with Portugal. The extreme internal and external pressures imposed on them from the moment of their independence by virtue of their ideological orientations and geographical positions have provided grounds for both conflict and co-operation with Lisbon. - Notes. |