When Guinea-Bissau declared independence in 1973, there were high expectations of development and prosperity -- but that dream has soured amid the West African country's political instability.
But Sequeira is disappointed about the progress his country has made since independence.
"We are in a very difficult situation even as far as pension is concerned. At this moment, a former fighter of the last rank receives 40,000 CFA Francs . A person who has lost arm and leg receiving this, cannot be," he said. Iancuba Djola Indjai, who met Cabral while studying as a pilot, told DW that Guinea-Bissau's current leaders have failed to live up to expectations.
Embalo, a former army general himself, survived that coup attempt -- however many members of the security forces were killed during their intervention to prevent the attempted putsch.Adib Saani, an African affairs analyst, told DW that many analysts like himself weren't surprised by the failed coup attempt.
"[A lot of factors] in the country don't encourage democracy. Indeed civil society participation in that process is not as good as it should be. There has been recorded and well documented cases of abuses against those who speak. The democratic institutions in the country [are] not strong enough to be able to get the country to be as democratic as other countries," he said.
"[The armed forces] are an instrument at the service of politics and their first contribution as an instrument of defense and territory is to create conditions of peace, so that there is development," he said.
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