The cost of Cuba's wars in Africa were paid for with Soviet subsidies at a time when the Soviet economy was badly hurt by low oil prices while the apartheid government of South Africa had by the 1980s become a very awkward American ally as much of the American population, especially black Americans, objected to apartheid
Mtengo wankhondo za Cuba ku Africa udalipiridwa ndi thandizo la Soviet panthawi yomwe chuma cha Soviet chidawonongeka kwambiri ndi mitengo yotsika yamafuta pomwe boma la tsankho la South Africa pofika zaka za m'ma 1980 lidakhala mnzake wovuta kwambiri waku America monga kuchuluka kwa anthu aku America. , makamaka akuda aku America, adatsutsa tsankho