As we drove through town, we were told many of the apartment blocks had no running water on the top floor, and we saw more than a few street children in the stylish avenues and around the garbage dumps. After the Civil War, the Government had nationalized everything – and then later sold off apartments relatively cheaply. Services were not always included. There is also a very famous monument to Colonialist anger. This was the large, unfinished building by the water, which had the elevator and service shafts all filled with concrete by the retreating Portuguese, to render the facility unusable after independence.

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The rumor is unfortunately, not true, but the building remains unfinished.
Joel

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