I suspect there is quite a bit of schadenfreude associated with this. My African and Brazilian friends, including those born after Angolan and Mozambican independence, all hold a bit of contempt towards Portugal. I’ve never seen quite the same level of distaste for a former colonial power. Even when I visited Cuba, people there had a few positive things to say about the Spanish legacy, despite their historical memory of the fight for independence as a long knock-down-drag-out affair.
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