Foreword 7
Presentation 11
1. Historical Introduction 15
Historical Forgery of 1992 18
Military victory as founding act of the new Angola 20
2. Current situation in Angola 23
Political obstacles to diversification 25
Exchange-rate problem 27
War and economic backwardness 32
Absence of the law and the instrumentalization of the State 34
Failure to fully implement the 2010 Constitution 35
Imperial presidency 37
Servility of the judiciary 39
Bad European examples: absolutism and nepotism 41
Brief Conclusions on the current situation in Angola 42
3. Corruption 45
Angola's AG inaction against corruption 48
First group of crimes - BESA 49
Second group of crimes: Portmill 49
Appeal to the International Criminal Court 51
Case of Isabel dos Santos 53
Origin of the fortune of Isabel dos Santos 53
Purchase of BPI 58
Bizarre GALP business 63
Isabel dos Santos, SONANGOL, Vicente and Socrates 67
The collapse of the "empire" of Isabel dos Santos 68
Isabel dos Santos in Portugal 77
Privatization of sovereignty by corrupt oligarchy: the case of
Manuel Vicente 80
Proceedings against Manuel Vicente 81
"Privatization" of sovereignty 82
Portugal and the fight Isabel versus Vicente 89
4. In search of the rule of law 95
Sugrue versus Andrade Case 97
Independent University of Angola 102
Angola can be a rule of law 105
Accession to African international courts 107
Agreement with the UN to combat impunity 110
5. João Lourenço`s mystery 113
Reasons for the departure of José Eduardo dos Santos 113
Strategy of José Eduardo dos Santos and João Lourenço 115
João Lourenço's Business 118
6. Future of Angola 123
"New" Marcelo Caetano? 123
João Lourenço as Xi Jinping 125
SONANGOL at risk 127
7. Short note to end 133
Limitation of Liability 134
Bibliography 135