Joe Biden is expected at 5:30 pm at 4 de Fevereiro International Airport, in Luanda, coming from Cape Verde, and will then head to the North American Embassy to greet employees and their families.
On Tuesday, in addition to the meeting with João Lourenço at the Presidential Palace, Joe Biden will speak at the National Slavery Museum, a symbolic point of the historical connection between the two countries, located in an old 17th century chapel, where slaves were baptized before to be taken on slave ships to the American continent.
Historians estimate that Angola was one of the largest sources of slaves for the Americas and the first Africans to arrive in North American territory would originate from Angolan lands.
On Wednesday, Joe Biden leaves Luanda towards Lobito, to visit the port terminal where the Lobito Corridor begins, a railway route that crosses Angola over 1300 kilometers, to the Democratic Republic of Congo, an important route to the transportation of minerals from this region, an infrastructure that will rely on strong North American investment.
In the province of Benguela, the North American head of state will also visit the industrial complex of the Carrinho group, the largest Angolan agro-industrial company, and one of the beneficiaries of the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI), of the G7, formed by the most industrialized countries in the world (Germany, Canada, United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom).
Biden will also participate in an international summit on the Lobinho Corridor, then returning to the United States, with a stop in Sal (Cape Verde).
During these 72 hours, the capital and the second largest city in the country, Benguela, will suffer severe traffic restrictions and cuts to road traffic, including the main road that connects the two cities, which is why a day off was granted on Tuesday and Wednesday in Luanda and Wednesday in Benguela, for workers in the public and private sectors.
