During the 1960s, some sectors of Brazilian society, especially intellectuals, took an avowedly anti-colonialist position, seeking to support Angola’s liberation struggle. The epicentre of this political, cultural and media movement against Portuguese colonialism was the city of São Paulo, which was the seat of the Afro-Brazilian Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MABLA). More precisely, MABLA carried out an expressive political and journalistic activity denouncing Portuguese colonialism and promoting and defending the Angolan nationalist cause. To this end, MABLA organised public demonstrations in support of Angolan nationalists and used the pages of some of the most important newspapers in the city, namely Portugal Democrático and O Estado de São Paulo. MABLA also sought to mobilise material support for the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), and served as a communication platform for the Angolan United Front (FUA). Furthermore, taking advantage of the opening provided by the so-called Brazilian Independent Foreign Policy (PEI), the MABLA sought to influence Brazilian diplomacy to provide concrete support to the nationalist struggle in Angola. However, after the establishment of the Brazilian dictatorship following the 1 April 1964 coup, MABLA began to be harassed and some of its cadres were persecuted and imprisoned. The repression entailed the formal disappearance of MABLA in 1964.