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Tag: Congo

  • Cuba’s First Military Doctors (Part 2)

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    [The first part 1 of this article addressed the need for Cuba's participation in conflicts in Zaire, the Congo and Guinea-Bissau during the 1960s to remain concealed for over three decades. It covered the background to the struggles, what Cubans found in Africa, the role of race relations in Cuba's campaigns, and the recruitment of…

  • Cuba’s First Military Doctors (Part 1)

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    [Part 1 of the article addresses the need for Cuba's participation in conflicts in Zaire, the Congo and Guinea-Bissau during the 1960s to remain concealed for over three decades. It covers the background to the struggles, what Cubans found in Africa, the role of race relations in Cuba's campaigns, and the recruitment of doctors. The…

  • Ugandans Resist Land Grabbing and US-backed Dictatorship: an Interview with Phil Wilmot

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    Eighty-four percent of the population of Uganda are rural subsistence farmers. They are resisting both rampant land grabbing and US ally General Yoweri Museveni’s attempt to rule for life. I spoke to Phil Wilmot , an American-born activist who now lives in rural Uganda. Ann Garrison: Could you tell us how you came to live…

  • A Revolutionary Speech: Patrice Lumumba and the Birth of the Republic of Congo

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    A Revolutionary Speech: Patrice Lumumba and the Birth of the Republic of Congo by Ludo de Witte Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese independence leader and first democratically elected Prime Minister, was executed 55 years ago on 17th January, 1961. He had been beated and tortured in a culmination of two assassination plots by the Belgian government and the CIA, ordered directly by President…