Cegavara went to di in bolivia believing in the folko theory, his approach. He paid with his life. A very sincere mistake, a very honest mistake. In africa, it was different, because in africa the cubash went to help were very different situations. Wich is first work to educate the people. So what you have is essentially by the latesit is the failure of the folko Theory.
The second of Dan’s two-part interview with Piero Gleijeses on his book Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976–1991. This is the story of Cuba’s military defense of the Angolan government against a US and South Africa-backed effort to overthrow the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). The future of the entire region was on the line—including the fate of apartheid in South Africa and of Namibia, then a South African colony.
Learn Southern African geography by studying these maps: thedigradio.com/visions-of-freedom-maps
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