ABSTRACT
The Cuban government saw the Algerian revolution a mirror image of its revolution, a door into the Afro-Asian world, and a partner in its campaign to ignite revolutionary processes in Africa and Latin America. Cuba, isolated from Latin America and closely monitored by the United States since the triumph of the Cuban revolution, found it difficult to provide assistance to other revolutionary movements in Latin America. Algeria, however, gave Cuba an entrance into Africa and the Middle East and served as a bridge between Cuban and Latin American revolutionary groups. Havana decided that it would be better to start in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the conditions for revolutionary upheaval were present and where the United States was less omnipresent. Cuba helped Algeria demonstrate its commitment to the success of the Algerian revolution without consulting or taking into account the interests of the Soviet Union or even the economic repercussions that intervening in the war would have on its own economy.
