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{{Villain_Infobox | {{Villain_Infobox | ||
|Image = | |Image = Neto agostinho.jpg | ||
|fullname = António Agostinho Neto | |fullname = António Agostinho Neto | ||
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|occupation = President of Angola (1975 - 1979) | |occupation = President of Angola (1975 - 1979) | ||
|type of villain = Communist Tyrant | |type of villain = Communist Tyrant | ||
|goals = Eradicate followers of Fractionism (successful)<br>Gain Angola's independence from Portugual (successful | |goals = Eradicate followers of Fractionism (successful)<br>Gain Angola's independence from Portugual (successful) | ||
|crimes = [[ | |crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Authoritarianism]]<br>[[War crimes]] | ||
|hobby = | |hobby = | ||
}}{{Quote|Because it is not possible, comrades, to work with a security that offers doubts about protection to our compatriots and resists our policy of clemency. How many people are complaining about DISA today? Fairly or unfairly ... But they complain. Not a week goes by without receiving letters from relatives saying that 'my son has disappeared'. Later, comrades, I do not know what I will answer. What am I going to say? I am responsible. When a son, a father, a grandfather, a woman, a brother-in-law, etc. disappears, I am responsible. And what am I going to say? Some who are in jail are doing very well there; it is better to be there than outside. But not all ... We need to resolve this situation.|Agostinho Neto}} | }}{{Quote|Because it is not possible, comrades, to work with a security that offers doubts about protection to our compatriots and resists our policy of clemency. How many people are complaining about DISA today? Fairly or unfairly ... But they complain. Not a week goes by without receiving letters from relatives saying that 'my son has disappeared'. Later, comrades, I do not know what I will answer. What am I going to say? I am responsible. When a son, a father, a grandfather, a woman, a brother-in-law, etc. disappears, I am responsible. And what am I going to say? Some who are in jail are doing very well there; it is better to be there than outside. But not all ... We need to resolve this situation.|Agostinho Neto}} | ||
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The Portuguese authorities in Angola arrested Neto on June 8, 1960. His patients and supporters marched for his release from Bengo to Catete, but were stopped when Portuguese soldiers shot at them, killing 30 and wounding 200 in what became known as the Massacre of Icolo e Bengo. At first Portugal's government exiled Neto to Cape Verde. Then, once more, he was sent to jail in Lisbon. After international protests were made to Salazar's administration urging Neto's release, Neto was freed from prison and put under house arrest. From this he escaped, going first to Morocco and then to Zaire. | The Portuguese authorities in Angola arrested Neto on June 8, 1960. His patients and supporters marched for his release from Bengo to Catete, but were stopped when Portuguese soldiers shot at them, killing 30 and wounding 200 in what became known as the Massacre of Icolo e Bengo. At first Portugal's government exiled Neto to Cape Verde. Then, once more, he was sent to jail in Lisbon. After international protests were made to Salazar's administration urging Neto's release, Neto was freed from prison and put under house arrest. From this he escaped, going first to Morocco and then to Zaire. | ||
In 1962 Neto visited Washington D.C. and asked the Kennedy administration for aid in his war against Portugal. The U.S. government turned him down, choosing instead to support Holden Roberto's comparatively anti-Communist FNLA | In 1962 Neto visited Washington D.C. and asked the Kennedy administration for aid in his war against Portugal. The U.S. government turned him down, choosing instead to support Holden Roberto's comparatively anti-Communist FNLA. | ||
Neto met [[Che Guevara]] in 1965 and began receiving support from Cuba. He visited Havana many times, and he and [[Fidel Castro]] shared similar ideological views. | Neto met [[Che Guevara]] in 1965 and began receiving support from Cuba. He visited Havana many times, and he and [[Fidel Castro]] shared similar ideological views. | ||
Following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal during April 1974 (which deposed Salazar's successor Marcelo Caetano), three political factions vied for Angolan power. One of the three was the MPLA, to which Neto belonged. On November 11, 1975, Angola achieved full independence from the Portuguese, and Neto became the nation's ruler. His government developed close links with the Soviet Union and other nations in the Eastern bloc and other Communist states, particularly Cuba, which aided the MPLA considerably in its war with the FNLA, | Following the Carnation Revolution in Portugal during April 1974 (which deposed Salazar's successor Marcelo Caetano), three political factions vied for Angolan power. One of the three was the MPLA, to which Neto belonged. On November 11, 1975, Angola achieved full independence from the Portuguese, and Neto became the nation's ruler. His government developed close links with the Soviet Union and other nations in the Eastern bloc and other Communist states, particularly Cuba, which aided the MPLA considerably in its war with the FNLA, UNITA and South Africa. However, while Neto made the MPLA declare Marxism-Leninism its official doctrine, his position was to favour a socialist, not a communist model. As a consequence, he violently repressed a movement later called Fractionism which in 1977 attempted a coup d' état inspired by OCA (Organização dos Comunistas de Angola). An estimated 18,000 followers (or alleged followers) of Nito Alves were killed in the aftermath of the attempted coup, over a period that lasted up to two years. | ||
Neto died in a hospital in Moscow, while undergoing surgery for cancer, shortly before his 57th birthday. [[José Eduardo dos Santos|Jose Eduardo dos Santos]] succeeded him as president. But the Angolan Civil War continued to rage for almost a quarter of a century more. | Neto died in a hospital in Moscow, while undergoing surgery for cancer, shortly before his 57th birthday. [[José Eduardo dos Santos|Jose Eduardo dos Santos]] succeeded him as president. But the Angolan Civil War continued to rage for almost a quarter of a century more. | ||
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[[Category:War Criminal]] | [[Category:War Criminal]] | ||
[[Category:On & Off Villains]] | [[Category:On & Off Villains]] | ||