CUBA'S ROLE IN AFRICA

In: The African communist, Heft 102, S. 80-89

Abstract

ON JANUARY 30 THIS YEAR FIDEL CASTRO, FIRST SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBA AND PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCILS OF STATE AND OF MINISTER, WAS INTERVIEWED BY THREE CORRESPONDENTS OF THE WASHINGTON POST - KAREN DE YOUNG, JIMMIE L. HOAGLAND AND LEONARD DOWNIE. THE INTERVIEW RANGED OVER THE WHOLE SPHERE OF WORLD POLITICS, BUT CONCENTRATED ON US RELATIONS WITH CUBA AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA. IN THE COURSE OF THE DISCUSSIONS, FIDEL CASTRO WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT CUBA'S INVOLVEMENT IN ANGOLA AND ETHIOPIA. HIS ANSWERS ARE REPRODUCED VERBATIM.