CHEVRON’s Cabinda (Angola) & Condoleezza Rice – Arrest A. Membe at Peace Talks in The Hague

U.S. State Dep’t Rice’s request for extradiction of Cabinda peace negotiator Antonio Bembe, led to his arrest on the steps of the Peace Palace in The Hague. The resistence movement FLEC was involved in the kidnapping of Chevron oil employee Brent Swan in 1990. Dutch FM Bot, Portugal and UNPO are trying to broker a peace deal to settle the hostilities between Cabinda and Angola.

CBC Documentary :: Cheney – Halliburton – Axis of Evil

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Old Pals in the White House Cabinet Room, 17 June 1976
Bush Senior (left middle), Cheney (centre, with hair!), Kissinger (right, sitting)

Dutch MPs Question Arrest of Cabinda Peace Negotiator Antonio Bembe
The Lower House wants clarification from Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner on the arrest of an African peace negotiator. The foreign ministry admitted him to the Netherlands, but Donner’s ministry had him handcuffed at the request of the US.

The man, Antonio Bembe, is a key figure in peace negotiations between Angola and Cabinda, an oil-rich area occupied by Angola since 1975.

The foreign ministry gave him a visa to prepare peace negotiations with Angola in the Netherlands. But last June, he was arrested near the Peace Palace in The Hague shortly before he was due to give a speech at the 7th UNPO General Assembly, it emerged this month.

The district court in The Hague will consider Bembe’s preliminary custody. The US wants Bembe’s extradition for his role in the kidnapping of a staff member of US oil company Chevron in Cabinda in 1990. FLEC “kidnapped” Chevron oil employee Brent Swan – 15 Years ago – a pilot and was detained for several months.

● Chevron Financed MPLA to Invade Cabinda
● Chevron’s Tanker Named Condoleezza Rice

Angola still reliant on mining for growth

JOHANNESBURG Sept. 20 — Oil companies in Angola, sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest crude producer, may be boosting output but miners say it is growth in their sector that will rebuild the country after 27 years of civil war.

The country’s oil production is centred off the coast of the northern province of Cabinda, with expatriate workers often flown directly from the capital Luanda to rigs, ships or secure compounds owned by firms like US giant Chevron.

May 26 – Fighting resumes in Cabinda – Angola