THE END OF THE LAST GREAT COLONIAL EMPIRE: MEMORIES OF A HISTORICAL REPORT

Abstract

In 2015 it was completed 40 years since the end of the last great colonial empire, which had been initiated in the fifteenth century when the Portuguese sailors dominated the seas. An empire defeated in the twentieth century in Angola, one of the last and most painful episodes of the African continent emancipation process. Latin America was present in this process through two protagonists with different roles but equally decisive: one at the diplomatic level and the other militarily, Brazil and Cuba. The date raises a reflection on the cost of human lives and sacrifices that made foundation for the path to the XXI century Angola. This matter reflects the memories of a journalistic coverage of this historical moment.