Tag: Angola

When I was young, my parents worked long hours. As a result, I spent much of my childhood with my grandparents, whose outlook on life always fascinated me—though at times, it left me deeply unsettled. Their time was not my own; it always moved more slowly, as if our...

Between 1975 and 1991, Cuba embarked on a remarkable internationalist mission known as Operación Carlota. This mission was undertaken to defend Angola's newly found independence from an invasion by apartheid-era South Africa, and it played a pivotal role in the broader African anti-colonial and national liberation struggles. Over 400,000 Cubans...