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46th anniversary of ‘Operation Carlota’, the beginning of Cuba’s 15-year mission to defend Angola’s independence. +Videos

November 5 marks the 46th anniversary of ‘Operation Carlota’, the beginning of Cuba’s 15-year mission to defend Angola’s independence.

-Cuba played a decisive role in southern African national and anti-colonial liberation struggles and helped defeat US-backed apartheid South African forces at Cuito Cuanavale, which in turn helped pave the way for the fall of apartheid.

The World Stands with Cuba Once Again!

Once again, the United States has been left alone in its efforts to stifle Cuba. The General Assembly of the United Nations once again pronounced itself overwhelmingly against the economic blockade that Washington insists on maintaining against the island.

Cuba: Imagine What We Could Have Achieved Without the Blockade

“Cuba suffers because it has the right to live without a blockade and in peace. Everything would be better without a blockade. The United States would be a better country without a blockade. The world would be a better place without hostilities,” Bruno Rodriguez concluded.

Cuba’s Foreign Minister: US Hostility Towards Cuba Hurts Both Countries

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez sat down with BT’s Rania Khalek following the UN General Assembly to discuss why so many countries oppose the U.S. blockade, how U.S. official hostility towards Cuba hurts both countries and his own personal history volunteering in the liberation struggle of Angola against racist apartheid.