We are not eating any of this oil money. The only money I eat is from my clothes. It's our oil, but it's you Americans who are eating our oil. Whether those feelings become more widespread will surely depend on how wide the distance between Newbuil and Little Spain becomes. Politically, the reforms have been mixed.
Most people acknowledge that years of repression have given way to greater freedom.
Soldiers do not harass ordinary people as openly or frequently as they once did. It is not like before. I can go to my village and come back to Malabo without hassle. Raimundo Evemba Melenga, the director of a private publishing group, and others recalled applying for a permit to start a newspaper. The application languished for two years, Mr. Evemba said, so they submitted an application for another newspaper.