You could, I thought about that a lot when writing this and if I needed to bring it up or specify it in some way and decided not to.
It is different for many reasons, including that France put a lot into culturally assimilating Africans with a fair amount of success, and that De Gaulle put his political future on the line for withdrawing from Algeria when France could have fought on for years.
This is a much more complex topic than is reasonable to argue in the comments, but I agree that France is an interesting comparison here.
I spoke to someone I know well who recently spent time in Bissau for work, and they are skeptical of the cartel narrative. The cartels have other routes into Europe (e.g. Antwerp, Marseille ports), and with all the unwanted attention their presence in Bissau has garnered, it’s possible they have moved on by now. This person doesn't have a good explanation for Embalo's actions either, however.
> For reasons that are still not clear, Embalo soon left for Congo-Brazzaville.
This person says Senegal kicked Embalo out, because they like to present themselves as a stronghold of democracy in the region (compared to their neighbors at least), and Embalo’s presence tarnished that image.
Good piece but I think you could argue France was similar to Portugal in the way it fought for its empire at least in Algeria
You could, I thought about that a lot when writing this and if I needed to bring it up or specify it in some way and decided not to.
It is different for many reasons, including that France put a lot into culturally assimilating Africans with a fair amount of success, and that De Gaulle put his political future on the line for withdrawing from Algeria when France could have fought on for years.
This is a much more complex topic than is reasonable to argue in the comments, but I agree that France is an interesting comparison here.
I spoke to someone I know well who recently spent time in Bissau for work, and they are skeptical of the cartel narrative. The cartels have other routes into Europe (e.g. Antwerp, Marseille ports), and with all the unwanted attention their presence in Bissau has garnered, it’s possible they have moved on by now. This person doesn't have a good explanation for Embalo's actions either, however.
> For reasons that are still not clear, Embalo soon left for Congo-Brazzaville.
This person says Senegal kicked Embalo out, because they like to present themselves as a stronghold of democracy in the region (compared to their neighbors at least), and Embalo’s presence tarnished that image.
yeah I believe that came out after I published
there are still frequent seizes in Guinea-Bissau