 With the departure of Portuguese professionals and tradesmen , the new country had no senior workforce to maintain its infrastructure , and economic collapse loomed . Privileged commercial links were established with several communist countries by the FRELIMO regime at the expense of NATO , which rapidly lost influence in the region . 
 With the departure of Portuguese professionals and tradesmen , the new country had no senior workforce to maintain its infrastructure , and economic collapse loomed . Privileged commercial links <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> established with several communist countries by the FRELIMO regime at the expense of NATO , which rapidly lost influence in the region . 
With the departure of Portuguese professionals and tradesmen , the new country had no senior workforce to maintain its infrastructure , and economic collapse loomed . Privileged commercial links was established w/ several communist countries by da FRELIMO regime at tdaexpense of NATO , which rapidly lost influence in the region .