In 1991, Nelson Mandela travelled to Cuba to thank Fidel Castro and the Cuban people for fighting Apartheid and colonialism in Africa. He said: “The decisive defeat of the aggressive apartheid forces (in Angola) destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the White oppressor.”… The Cuban intervention, which directly led to the independence of Namibia and South Africa, tragically came at a huge cost. Over 5,000 Cuban youths sacrificed their lives on the African soil, with…
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