A plane carrying the remains landed in the Angolan capital from Barcelona in the evening, AFP reporters at the scene said."I was told he was going to arrive, so I came to greet him. It was a nice welcome," said Wilson Miguel, one of those in attendance.
"We Angolans are proud to welcome the remains of president dos Santos, and that he can have a dignified funeral," said another attendee, Telma Pilartes. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, here at a campaign rally with his wife Ana Paula in 2012, ruled Angola with an iron first from 1979 to 2017A Barcelona court this week ordered his remains be delivered to Ana Paula and granted authorisation for"the repatriation and international transfer of remains to Angola".But Josep Riba Ciurana, a lawyer for the widow told AFP a judge had granted immediate execution of the ruling, allowing the body to leave Spain.
Why do they die in far away lands? Are there no hospitals where they come from?
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