History of Cuba - Cuban Intervention in Angola, Cuba - United States Relations, Anarchism in Cuba, Havana Conference, Timeline of Cuban History (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 78. Chapters: Cuban intervention in Angola, Cuba - United States relations, Anarchism in Cuba, Havana Conference, Timeline of Cuban history, Cuban War of Independence, Battle of Havana, Timeline of Guant namo Bay, Manifesto of Montecristi, Action of 13 June 1898, War against the Bandits, Black Spring, Action of 25 April 1898, Platt Amendment, First Battle of C rdenas, Battle of Santiago de Cuba, Candelaria Figueredo, Teller Amendment, Cuban-American Treaty, List of Prime Ministers of Cuba, Pentarchy of 1933, Tugboat massacre, Guanajatabey, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Machurucuto Incident, Gonzalo de Quesada y Ar stegui, Camilo de Polavieja, Gu imaro Constitution, Antillean Confederation, Zayas, Crateology, August 1994 protest in Cuba, Asociaci n de Nuevos Emigrados Revolucionarios Cubanos. Excerpt: In November 1975, on the eve of Angola's independence, Cuba launched a large-scale military intervention in support of the leftist liberation movement MPLA against United States-backed invasions by South Africa and Zaire in support of two other liberation movements competing for power in the country, FNLA and UNITA. Following the retreat of Zaire and South Africa, Cuban forces remained in Angola to support the Angolan government against the UNITA insurgency in the continuing Angolan Civil War. In 1988, Cuban troops intervened a second time to avert a military disaster in a Soviet-led FAPLA offensive against UNITA which was supported by South Africa, leading to the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. This turn of events is considered to have been the major impetus to the success of the ongoing peace talks leading to the New York Accords after which Cuban and South African forces withdrew from Angola while South West Africa gained its independence from South Africa. Cuban military engagement in Angola ended in 1991. In addition to the Cuban mili...