Fidel Alejandro Castro4 November 1975
Castro orders the deployment of Cuban troops to Angola in order to aid the Marxist MPLA-ruled Government against the South African-backed UNITA opposition forces
Cuba · Government / Communist Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Castro orders the deployment of Cuban troops to Angola in order to aid the Marxist MPLA-ruled Government against the South African-backed UNITA opposition forces
Sends 250 instructors to Angola for setting up camps & training the MPLA
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