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Cuban Fighters in Angola
In the 1980s Angola was a front line in the Cold War between communism and the West. In 1987 tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were sent to the Southern African country to support the Marxist government in its fight ag...
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Cuban Fighters in Angola is an episode from Witness: Witness Archive 2015 by BBC. In the 1980s Angola was a front line in the Cold War between communism and the West. In 1987 tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were sent to the Southern Afr...
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Published Dec 4, 2015, 9:13 long, audio available.
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In the 1980s Angola was a front line in the Cold War between communism and the West. In 1987 tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers were sent to the Southern African country to support the Marxist government in its fight against UNITA rebels who were backed by South Africa and the USA. Alberto Lahens was a young special forces officer who was flown from Cuba to Africa to take part in the fighting. (Photo: Cuban fighters in Angola. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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Published Dec 4, 2015 and 9:13 long