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image located by Esteban Rivera, 3 November 2023The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on
November 5, 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the
communist-aligned People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA)
against the pro-western National Union for the Total Independence ofAngola (UNITA)
and National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA). The
intervention came after the outbreak of the Angolan Civil War (November 11, 1975
– April 4, 2002), which occurred after the former Portuguese colony was granted
independence after the Angolan War of Independence. The Cuban army also assisted
the MPLA in repressing separatists from the Front for the Liberation of the
Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC).
The New York
Accords, formally "The Agreement among the People's Republic of Angola, the
Republic of Cuba, and the Republic of South Africa" (also known as the
Tripartite Accord, Three Powers Accord or New York Accords) signed on December
22, 1988 in New York City, Headquarters of the United Nations was the agreement
by which Cuban and South African forces withdrew from Angola while South West
Africa (by becoming Namibia). The Cuban military engagement in Angola ended on
May 25, 1991, while the Angolan Civil War continued until 2002.
Sources:
https://www.ecured.cu/Operaci%C3%B3n_Carlota
https://www.facebook.com/CubaMicons/photos/
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_Carlota
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_intervention_in_Angola and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartite_Accord_(Angola)
The flag is
a horizontal background with three equal vertical stripes, white in the middle
and blue on the edges, with the Cuban arms in the middle and below the
name "MISION / MILITAR CUBANA / EN ANGOLA" in the middle in Spanish black
capitals.
Esteban Rivera, 3 November 2023
