Aran Contra - A Case Study in Impunity for American Imperialism

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Cuba could not have dared to do what cuba did without the rancontre. The sovids were but actually behaved in a very respectful way towards the cubans. Even chester croker, in his memoirs acknowledges it. And above all, when you have the famous quadripatite negotiations, cubans and golans, africans and americansa the soviets don't interfere.

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 Support The Dig with money at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter.