Word: tapazio
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...known it. But the gains are not evenly spread. In downtown Luanda today, it's clear Angola's new rich are doing well. In April, the $35 million Belas Shopping Center - the country's first mall - opened in a new suburb called Nova Vida. There, in a store called Tapazio, they can shop for such baubles as silver-plated ashtrays and a $7,000 candelabra. Yet 70% of Angolans still live below the country's poverty line. Cholera and malaria are rife, and child mortality rates are among the worst in the world. A kilometer away from Nova Vida...
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