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| | US Department Of State Post Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | In 1890, the Portuguese abandoned claims to the hinterland between Mozambique and Angola which, in effect, established the boundaries of present-day Mozambique. |
 | | When independence was proclaimed in 1975, the leaders of FRELIMO’s military campaign rapidly established a one-party state allied to the Soviet bloc, eliminating political pluralism, religious educational institutions, and the role of traditional hierarchies. |
 | | Civil war, sabotage from neighboring states, and economic collapse, first from the mass exodus of Portuguese nationals and the weak infrastructure left by them, together with the unwieldy structures designed by communist planners, characterized the first decade of Mozambican independence. |
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