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The First Ambassadors: Cuba's Contribution to Guinea-Bissau's War of Independence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1997

PIERO GLEIJESES
PIERO GLEIJESES
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins School of International Studies
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Abstract

As the rebels of Guinea-Bissau fought for independence from Portugal, Cuban military instructors stood by their side and Cuban doctors treated their wounds. Joining the rebellion in 1966, and remaining through the war's end in 1974, this was the longest Cuban intervention in Africa before the despatch of troops to Angola in November 1975. It was also the most successful. As the Guinean paper Nõ Pintcha declared, ‘The Cubans' solidarity was decisive for our struggle’. Cuba's contribution to Guinea-Bissau's war of independence is an important and revealing example of Cuban policy in Africa.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , February 1997 , pp. 45 - 88
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

I would like to thank the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for helping to support this research.