Africa-Press – Angola. Brazil’s ambassador to Angola, Rafael Vidal, said Thursday, in Luanda, that his country will help Angola to implement the “Green Revolution of Angola” program, through a policy of combating hunger and seeking food security.
According to the diplomat, who was speaking at the ceremony commemorating the 201st anniversary of Brazil’s independence, which takes place yesterday, Brazil intends to share with all African countries the policy of combating hunger and seeking food security, successfully implemented by Luiz’s government Inácio Lula da Silva.
He said that the implementation of the “Green Revolution in Angola” program mainly involves the agricultural production of various products.
He added that at the request of the Angolan President, João Lourenço, the financing line of one of the largest public banks in the world, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development, will be resumed through Brazilian investment cooperation programs.
The Brazilian ambassador also said that the “mother program” of this cooperation is the Irrigated Agriculture Development Project, which includes Family Farming in the Cunene Valley.
“We already have a management committee that is working (composed of institutions from both countries) and that should start transforming the Cunene Valley region into a green area with large-scale production, including family farming and associations”, he highlighted, adding that it constitutes one of his country’s priority goals in Angola.
He stated that the priority given to Brazil’s relationship with Africa starts with Angola, taking into account the common history, the 500 years of integration between the two countries, the strategic partnership they develop and the fact that Brazil is the first country to recognize the independence of Angola.
Brazil week in Angola, part of the festivities of another year of independence in this South American country, included a business symposium with the theme “Brazil-Angola bilateral relations”, screening of Brazilian cinema, tasting of typical dishes Brazilians, among other cultural activities.
The independence of Brazil was the historical process of separation between the then Kingdom of Brazil and Portugal, which occurred in the period from 1821 to 1825, placing the two parties in violent opposition (people for and against).
The General and Extraordinary Cortes of the Portuguese Nation, installed in 1820, as a consequence of the Liberal Revolution of Porto, took decisions, from 1821 onwards, which aimed to reduce the autonomy acquired by Brazil, which, in practice, would make it return to the its former colonial status.
Upon arriving in São Paulo on the night of September 7, 1822, Pedro and his companions spread the news of Brazil’s independence from Portuguese rule.
The event was attended by, in addition to representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in the country, members of the legislative, executive and judiciary branches, among other guests.
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