Editing Cabinda Province (section)

=== After independence of Angola from Portugal ===
A 1974 [[Carnation Revolution|military coup in Lisbon]] abolished the authoritarian regime established by [[António de Oliveira Salazar]] that had prevailed in Portugal for decades. The new government decided immediately to grant all Portuguese colonies the independence for which nationalist guerilla movements had been striving. In Angola, the [[decolonization]] process took the form of a violent conflict between the different guerilla movements and their allies. In 1975, the [[Alvor Agreement|Treaty of Alvor]] between Portugal and [[National Liberation Front of Angola]] (FNLA), People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ([[MPLA]]) and National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ([[UNITA]]) reconfirmed Cabinda's status as part of Angola. The treaty was rejected by the [[Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda]] and other local political organizations which advocated for separate independence. Since then, Cabinda has been, on the one hand, a normal Angolan province, but on the other hand, there has been persistent political protest against this status; the "Kabinda Free State" says the [[exclave]] was a Portuguese [[protectorate]] until Angola invaded in 1974.<ref name=exc>{{cite web |url=http://www.cabinda.net/ |title=Mambu Ma Nzambi Kabinda |publisher=Federal government of Kabinda Free State |access-date=23 December 2010 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031122126/http://www.cabinda.net/ |url-status=live}}</ref> They also say they control 85% of Kabinda territory and invite proposals for [[joint ventures]].<ref name=exc /> A number of guerrilla actions have also occurred in Cabinda.<ref>United States State Department (8 April 2011), [https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/af/154330.htm "2010 Human Rights Report: Angola"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218084111/https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2010/af/154330.htm |date=18 December 2019 }}</ref>