On October 18, 1986, a tragic event occurred that reverberated throughout Africa. Samora Moises Machel, the charismatic and revolutionary President of the People's Republic of Mozambique and leader of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO), died when his presidential Tupolev Tu-134 aircraft crashed into the Lebombo Mountains, just within the South African border. The crash claimed the lives of President Machel and twenty-nine other passengers and crew, including several ke

Images via the PCC Via cubaminrex.cu , translated from the Spanish During a ceremony presided over by João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, the president of the sister African nation of Angola, "Honor" class medals, the nation's highest distinction, were conferred upon Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, the historical and current leaders of the Cuban Revolution. Amidst standing ovations from the attendees, the Cuban ambassador in Angola received t

Huey P. Newton of the Black Panthers and Samora Moisés Machel of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) meet in the People's Republic of China, 1971 -- Daily LIFT #1765

Images via the PCC By Wennys Díaz Ballaga, translated from the Spanish To affirm the longstanding friendship and establish a plan for enhanced cooperation between the two countries, Dr. Roberto Morales Ojeda, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Secretary of Organization, met on the morning of October 17 with Liudmila Mwaa Maguni, the secretary for International Relations of the Central Committee of the Mozambique Libera