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Welcome to the Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine. My name is Daniel Denver,

and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

Today's episode is part two of my interview with the historian of foreign policy,

Pietro Gliasis, on his book, Visions of Freedom, Havana, Washington, Pretoria,

and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991.

Visions of Freedom tells the incredible story of Cuba deploying a massive military and social

aid mission to defend Angola's government against a U.S. and South Africa-backed effort

to overthrow the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, or MPLA.

If you have not yet listened to episode one of my interview with Pietro, hit pause now,

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