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Relations between the United States of America and the Republic of Angola (formerly the People's Democratic Republic of Angola) are the relationship between the two nations. These relations have warmed since Angola's ideological renouciation of Marxism before the 1992 elections. The current ambassador to Angola is Cynthia G. Efird. When Angola declared independence in November 1975, the United States opposed it's membership to the United Nations, fighting it until their December 1976 acceptance. Angola did not have formal relations with the United States until 1993 and the US generally supported the opponents of the MPLA in Angola, at first the FNLA and then UNITA. The United States embassy in Luanda consists of four agencies, the Department of State, USAID, Department of Defense and the Department of Health and Human Services. US assistance to Angola amounted to 188 million USD in 2003 much of it in the field of health services and disease control. USAID's food for peace program gave over 30 million USD to Angola's population in 2005. Angola is the second biggest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa of the US, primarily because of oil; Angola produces 1.4 billion barrels of oil per day, 2nd only to Nigeria in all of Africa. This is expected to rise to 2 billion barrels per day by 2008. Much of this oil finds its way to American pumps. A 2005 visit by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to Washington was a sign of warm relations between the two nations.
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