A Cuban delegation, led by Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal, made the remarks. The group, accompanied by Cabinda Governor Suzana de Abreu and members of her team, toured on Sunday several sites that recall both historical and contemporary links.

The first stop of this committee was the 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade in Nto town, where the sons of the Caribbean nation left their mark in one of the most significant battles that contributed to consolidating the Angolan independence.

Commander Andre Francisco Sitilene França gave the participants at the unit some details of the Brigade’s organization and mission.

They also heard stories from people who had fought alongside the Cubans, and who highlighted the help they had received in military training, equipment, and the friendship that had been forged during the war and reaffirmed over the years.

The Cuban Health Minister (MINSAP) stressed the concept of unity that was consolidated in those first moments of independent Angola and in battles such as that of Cabinda. He insisted on the need to transmit that information to the new generations because they must know how much the freedom they enjoy costs, so that they can defend it.

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