Africa-Press – Angola. Ponta-Negra International Airport, in Congo-Brazzaville, was renamed, on September 17, 2020, with the name of António Agostinho Neto.
The Congolese Government argues that Agostinho Neto is one of the great political and moral references of contemporary times, which transcends the borders of countries and nationalities and should be celebrated by all humanity, being also a tribute to the African continent.
In the Southern Africa region, Namibia, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe have placed Agostinho Neto’s name in public places. One of the main arteries of Maputo, capital of Mozambique, is Avenida Agostinho Neto, located in a prime area of the city.
In 2019, the Government of Zimbabwe approved the rename of several streets and avenues in the capital, Harare, and other cities, to honor icons of colonial liberation, important names during the country’s Struggle for Independence and political figures who supported the cause. african. The tributes included the naming of Avenida Agostinho Neto (formerly Avenida Speke) and the naming of streets in memory of the founder of Botswana, Sir Seretse Khama, Patrice Lumumba, of the DRC, and Fidel Castro, among others. to Namibia, it was possible to find three toponymy references associated with Agostinho Neto: in Windhoek, capital of the country, in the city of Oshakati (region of Oshana, near the border of Santa Clara, in Cunene) and in the city of Rundo (region of Okavango ), which borders Angola in the province of Cuando Cubango, next to the municipality of Dirico. At all these addresses there are diplomatic representations of Angola. In Windhoek, there is the Embassy and in the others there are Consular Services to handle border movements.
Also in South Africa, in the province of Gauteng (more precisely in the municipality of Ekurhuleni), there is a Rua Agostinho Neto, as in Espargos, on Ilha do Sal, in Cape Verde. The first President of Angola was deported by the colonial regime to the archipelago, to Santo Antão Island (he worked there as a Health delegate between 1960 and 1961), where there is currently a bust in his memory.
The Ponta do Sol airfield, on the same island, was named after him, but was deactivated in 2007. In the country’s capital, Praia (Santiago island), the Agostinho Neto Hospital, the largest health unit in Cabo, is located. Green.
In Ghana, in the area of Kotoka International Airport, located in the capital, Accra, a street was assigned in memory of Neto, Agostinho Neto Road.
In Holland, more precisely in the city of Utrecht (50 kilometers south of Amsterdam), you can find the Agostinho Neto Straat. In France, in the Paris region, more precisely in the Ile de France area, is Rue Agostino Netto.
In Portugal it is possible to identify 20 toponymy records associated with Agostinho Neto. About a dozen, among streets, avenues, squares and even alleys, are located in the district of Lisbon (Loures, Lumiar, Cacém, Sintra, Sacavém, among other areas).
The rest are spread over the districts of Setúbal and Évora, all to the south of Lisbon. The central region of Portugal remembers the first President of Angola in the district of Santarém.
In September 2010, one of the avenues in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, was named after Agostinho Neto.
In Brazil there are at least two streets named after him. In the city of Duque de Caxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, and in the state of Espírito Santo, more precisely in the city of Serra. Recently, the Russian ambassador to Angola announced, soon, the completion of a monument about Neto, in Moscow.
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