The Dig: Visions of Freedom w/ Piero Gleijeses Part 2
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Cuban Medical Mission in Africa
In 19 64, in the beginning of the war in the portuguese colonies, anga, denibesale mosambice. And i comes lise casablanca with precious cargo, with algerians war wounded, and algerian children wrewor orphans,. were going to stand be educated in cuba. So you have with one ship, with one move, the two dimensions of cuban policy in africa: military assistance, the weapons for the guerillas and the children. This is the first step. Then the second step is still cuba, algeria. A very close tie develops. It was like mendigo, like a beggar helping
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