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It was originally a Portuguese colony, until it was given to Spain in exchange of Spanish territory in America. That’s right, people in Equatorial Guinea speak Spanish. That turns them almost into outcasts in the continent. In their defense, though, they also speak French.

Eventually, the country declared independence in 1968 and elected their president, and that’s when [[It Got Worse]]. Their first president was some loon called Francisco Macías Nguema, who can be compared to Pol Pot with his obsession with anti-intellectual movements and unpredictable behaviors. He [[For the Evulz|ran a one-party government, prohibited fishing, installed a [[Cult of Personality]] around himself, stole all the money he could, banned private education, gave himself all the political power and ordered the execution of people with Mary Hopkins’ music as background]]. He was eventually deposed in a coup in 1979 by the actual president, Teodoro Obiang (Macias' nephew). He’s no saint at all, but compared to his predecessor, the Equatoguineans probably would have accepted anything. As for Macías, he was put on trial and summarily executed. However, just like in other cases, this became a [[Full-Circle Revolution]], since Obiang has installed his own ~~cult~~ of ~~personality~~, censorship of the press and repression, to the point the country has achieved a lousy reputation abroad.

Eventually, the country declared independence in 1968 and elected their president, and that’s when [[It Got Worse]]. Their first president was some loon called Francisco Macías Nguema, who can be compared to Pol Pot with his obsession with anti-intellectual movements and unpredictable behaviors. He [[For the Evulz|ran a one-party government, prohibited fishing, installed a Cult of Personality around himself, stole all the money he could, banned private education, gave himself all the political power and ordered the execution of people with Mary Hopkins’ music as background]]. He was eventually deposed in a coup in 1979 by the actual president, Teodoro Obiang (Macias' nephew). He’s no saint at all, but compared to his predecessor, the Equatoguineans probably would have accepted anything. As for Macías, he was put on trial and summarily executed. However, just like in other cases, this became a [[Full-Circle Revolution]], since Obiang has installed his own [[Cult of Personality]], censorship of the press and repression, to the point the country has achieved a lousy reputation abroad.

In spite of having oil deposits, the country is rather poor. [[Sarcasm Mode|Maybe, just maybe]], it has something to do with the leaders’ kleptomaniac ways. Especially considering Obiang is filthy rich.