Angola
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Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the western coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking country after Brazil in both total area and population and
Depiction of Luanda from 1755
Portuguese Armed Forces marching in Luanda during the Portuguese Colonial Wars
Jonas Savimbi, who led UNITA from its 1966 founding until his death in 2002
National Liberation Front of Angola forces training in 1973
Cuban intervention in Angola
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The Cuban intervention in Angola began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola against the pro-western coali
A Bristol Britannia, photographed in 1964.
Cuban-manned PT-76 tank in the streets of Luanda, 1976.
Fidel Castro 1978 speaking in Havana, Photo: Marcelo Montecino.
Destroyed lighthouse in Lobito, Angola, 1995