Gaining influence: buy & invest

[Firn]

Without any research I would say it is a mix between the drive to invest abroad, familiar language ground, old feelings and some schadenfreude.

To enlarge the most important points:

1) It is important to keep in mind that two countries with relative strong trade relations will tend to have assets owned by the trade partner. In this case wealth is highly concentrated in Angola, quite normal for a country in which the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party took power...

Allegations of corruption

Dos Santos has been accused of leading one of the most corrupt regimes in Africa by ignoring the economic and social needs of Angola and focusing his efforts on amassing wealth for his family and silencing his opposition. In Angola, nearly 70% of the population lives on less than $2 a day and yet he and his family have amassed a massive sum of wealth, with stakes in the leading businesses of the nation as well as international corporations.[21]

2) He needs to invest all that money gathered in a long service for the people of Angola. It is smart to hedge the bets, as an African dictator I would spread a good deal of the wealth around the world not limiting myself to Western countries.

3) Mr. dos Santos once followed the likely not so positive coverage of some elements of the press he now de facto acquired in a dirty camp out there. Now he has likely a strong say in some areas, must feel good.

4) Maybe, just maybe he wants to influence and control Portuguese media popular in Angola? Who knows?