Ricardolindo
Banned
Now, I know, there was a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 1969. What if it had succeeded?
Now, I know, there was a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 1969. What if it had succeeded?
Who are the players, what where they after?
The Maghreb countries could have done it.
Morocco's economy in the 60s and 70s was in a much better situation than alot of south european and asian countries. Even the education was very good until the 80s. Sounds unbelievable when you see todays statistics. The downturn began in the 80s
The main problems were
-the King was to ambitious and wanted to make Morocco, literally, great again as soon as possible. The Sahara/Algeria issues played a big part in the economic downturn. Especially the Sandwar vs. Algeria was useless.
-import/export licenses were handed to some families. This created monopolies in some areas.
-no industrialization and alot of dependency on France. Leauty would be proud of himself.
Algeria had and still has simply the wrong leaders. They could have become an industrial powerhouse in Africa but they squandered their money right and left and are still doing it in the name of the revolution.