Interview: Florentino Noraz

We speak to the man who was chief of communications for Che Guevara’s Cuban expedition to the Congo in 1965.

Florentino Noraz was the chief of communications for Che Guevara’s Cuban expedition to the Congo in 1965.

We speak to him about why the Cubans helped their “brothers” in Congo, whether Cuba was trying to export the revolution and what about Che has stayed with him for life.

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