Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… and of importance, Cuba occupies a prominent place in the history of the struggle for, and the achievement of freedom … and the Central and South Americas is bound by our common history and heritage not just in times that can be captured … Cuba, Comrade Fidel Castro, when he said in 1988 that the history of Africa will be divided into before and after Cuito …