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 * 1. Identify their character: **

I am Jonas Savimbi I am the leader of the national union for total independence of Angola (UNITA) group we employed thousands of illegal miners who sift for diamonds on the bottom of rivers Before leading the UNITA i was a military and political leader. .

I will be representing the Country of angola. There are many rivers that run through Angola. This gives them a larger amount of water that they are able to sift through to find the illegal diamonds. Angola has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Angola’s economy is still recovering from the civil war in 1975 which led to blood diamonds. A third of the culture relies on the agriculture. Since the end of the civil war Angola has been rebuilding the infrastructure and the political and social institutions. Angola had a population of 19,618,423 people in 2011. Angola is located in southern africa bordering the Atlantic ocean. Angola is a little less than twice the size of Texas. In angola there are a couple of ethnic groups such as ovimbundu which is 37%, kimbundu which is 25% and bakongo which is 13%.
 * 2.Identify the country which their character represents - with particular attention to the state's geography, economy, population, and social structure.: **


 * 3.Identify the character's previous occupation and other pertinent background information. **
 * Before i was the leader of the UNITA group i was a military leader. I served from 1966 to 1974. I also have had many years of training in China. In 1966 when i arrived home I founded the UNITA group as a post guerrilla fighter. I also fought the FNLA and the MPLA because they tried to lead the post colonial Angola. **


 * 4. Identify 3 references that reflect your character's ideas. (Basically, who supports your positions?) These references could be chosen from among the list of debate participants. Should you use someone outside the list, please see me before you submit your resume **


 * - Charles Taylor We could supply charles with the diamonds and he would give us the weapons. This would allow us to take over territories where we believe there could be more diamonds. This would allow us to grow and hopefully spread all over angola. **


 * - Canadian Policy- the canadian policy was created in 1986. What this was, was a partnership called the partnership Africa canada. This could help us make what we are doing legal. This would allow us to hire actual miners and not who we have working for us now. **


 * - Fonday Sankoh We could supply fonday with diamonds so that in return he would be able to give us weapons and other supplies. Since fonday was also a rebel leader we could join together and take over large area so that we would be able to moke money from both the diamonds and also the weapons. **


 * Safety and rule of law: **
 * Even though Angola is ranked 40th overall for safety and rule of law there has been a great increase in the security ever since the end of the civil war. During the civil war I launched attacks on the government and the military of the capital of Angola. Even though the security has improved the and still some attacks that happen that lead to rape, robbery, and murder. **


 * Participation and Human rights: I took the rights away from some of the people that were a part of UNITA. I did this by forcing them to work in the mines for little to no pay. Angola is ranked 31st in Participation and human rights. Ever since the end of the civil war all voting and human rights have been back to normal and are fair for everyone. **


 * Sustainable Economic Opportunity: Although people are always looking for jobs i believe that some of these people were not looking for jobs, But on the other hand some people could be looking for these jobs because some of them had no jobs. This could give them money and a jobs that would help feed their family. I’m not sure if this was actually done but the miners could steal some of the diamonds and they could sell them to make a large profit. This ties in with me because i was the leader of the group that hired and controlled the miners. So i had the choice if the people would get the job or not. **

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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Human Development: The average lifespan for an angolan citizen is 51.1 years. Although it has improved the average person in angola recieves 8 years of primary education. In 1999 there was an average of 74% of people attended school. The education is showing improvement. They are expanding their education, for example in 2005 angola hired 20,000 new teachers to teach in school all around. Also the birth rate in angola is 39.36/1000. The average income is 740$ per year. This is high for sub saharan africa. All of these things could help to advance them and create longer life expectancy and higher education etc... **