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# Angola Day?
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/angola-day/
- Published: 2007-05-10T16:05:37.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:36:05.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

In case you didn't already know, [the Swam](http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news%5Ftheswamp/2007/05/swamp%5Fsunrise%5F5.html?ref=opendemocracy.net)[p](http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news%5Ftheswamp/2007/05/swamp%5Fsunrise%5F5.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) lists what's happening in Washington on any given day and today I stumbled on the following:

*(9 May) 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. ANGOLA — The Woodrow Wilson Center, Angolan Embassy, USAID, *others*, hold a conference to mark Angola Day. Location: Wilson Center, Reagan Trade Building."*

First of all I was perplexed since Angolan national day is on the 11th of November (I think) so went to the [Angolan embassy's website](http://www.angola.org/press/050907.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) to find that:

*The main goal of the event, known as ANGOLA DAY, is to promote the image of the Republic of Angola in the U.S."*

The '**other**' participants included Chevron - surprise, surprise - who happen to own one of the large off-shore [mining projects in Cabind](http://www.chevron.com/operations/Angola.aspx?ref=opendemocracy.net)a. \[ MORE TAG \] Cabinda is a province which generates 60% of Angola's oil-wealth, is severed from Angola-main by the Congo Republic and has only about 10% (or less even) of Angola's population. I think Chevron's machinations on 'Angola Day' might have a lot to do with the continuing secessionist struggle in Cabinda, but its only a hunch!

\[updated\] And here we have it, in a rather subtle public relations tone, entirely void of any ideal, consistent and earth shattering content, but nevertheless, a 'hunchable' proof:

*Angolan Industry minister, Joaquim David, Wednesday in Washington invited US businesspeople to seize the opportunities and advantages that Angola offers to foreign investors, to cooperate in the *construction of a prosperous and democratic society*."*