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    Equatorial Guinea is a country located on the west coast of Central Africa that was formerly a Spanish colony. It gained independence from Spain in 1968. The country has three official languages - Spanish, Portuguese, and French - due to its colonial history under Portugal and Spain and the presence of escaped slaves who spoke French. While it has experienced an economic boom from oil production in recent years, most of the population remains in poverty and the government is cited as having poor human rights practices and restrictions on press freedom.

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    Equatorial Guinea is a country located on the west coast of Central Africa that was formerly a Spanish colony. It gained independence from Spain in 1968. The country has three official languages - Spanish, Portuguese, and French - due to its colonial history under Portugal and Spain and the presence of escaped slaves who spoke French. While it has experienced an economic boom from oil production in recent years, most of the population remains in poverty and the government is cited as having poor human rights practices and restrictions on press freedom.

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    Equatorial Guinea is a country located on the west coast of Central Africa that was formerly a Spanish colony. It gained independence from Spain in 1968. The country has three official languages - Spanish, Portuguese, and French - due to its colonial history under Portugal and Spain and the presence of escaped slaves who spoke French. While it has experienced an economic boom from oil production in recent years, most of the population remains in poverty and the government is cited as having poor human rights practices and restrictions on press freedom.

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    Republic of

    Equatorial
    Guinea
    Jeison Arley Guisao Martínez
    • Is a country located on the
    west coast of Central Africa.
    Formerly the colony
    of Spanish Guinea, its post-
    independence name evokes
    its location near both
    the Equator and the Gulf of
    Guinea. The Spanish is the
    official language.
    WHY 3 DIFFERENT
    LANGUISHES?
    • The Portuguese explorer Fernando Pó, is
    credited as being the first European to
    discover the island of Bioko in 1472. He
    called it Formosa ("Beautiful"), and it
    was quickly colonized by Portugal in
    1474.
    • In 1778, Queen Maria I of Portugal and
    King Charles III of Spain signed
    the Treaty of El Pardo which ceded Bioko
    and commercial rights to Spain, if it is
    treaty had not been signed the people
    of equatorial guinea will have spoken
    Portuguese to this day.
    • Also, during the slaves era, many slaves
    that have learned to speak French
    escaped at equatorial guinea.
    INDEPENDENCE

    • Independence was conceded


    on 12 October 1968 from Spain
    and the region became the
    Republic of Equatorial
    Guinea. Francisco Macías
    Nguema was elected president.
    CURRENTLY SITUATION
    The government is cited as having one of the
    worst human rights records in the world, in the
    ranking of the "worst of the worst" in Freedom
    House's annual survey of political and civil
    rights. Reporters ranks President Teodoro
    Obiang Nguema Mbasogo as its "predators" of
    press freedom. Human trafficking is a significant
    problem "is a source and destination for women
    and children subjected to forced labor and
    forced sex trafficking." The report rates
    Equatorial Guinea as a government that "does
    not fully comply with minimum standards of
    safety. "
    FUTURE
    • While the petroleum sector has been
    booming in recent years, the majority of the
    population remains dependent on
    subsistence farming for their livelihood.
    • In recent years the country has made some
    progress in investing in telecommunications,
    roads, and rail systems. While this exhibits
    some positive signs, much more needs to be
    done.
    • However, Equatorial Guinea suffers from the
    same problems as many other African
    countries. The country is rich in natural
    resources, yet poor in essentially all other
    aspects of economic development.

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