Cuba Archive - Case 3807

Case ID: 3807

Title: N/A

First name: Ramón

Last name: Barrizonte Rodríguez

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: N/A

Age: N/A

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: Day:7 / Month:4 / Year:1948

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:15 / Month:7 / Year:1979

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: Yaguaramas

Last known city: Yaguaramas

Last known province-TOD: Las Villas

Last known province current: Villa Clara

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: N/A

Location of death - city: N/A

Location of death province - at TOD: N/A

Location of death province - current: N/A

Location of death - country: Angola

Trial held?: N/A

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: N/A

Arrest or detention at time of death: N/A

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: N/A

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Armed forces of another country

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: Angola war

Case description:

Civilian worker who was sent to Angola and died 51 days after his arrival in an ambush. He left five children at the time of his death. Cuba's 16-year military intervention in Angola (1975-1991) that involved over 377 thousand Cubans in support of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) and the SWAPO (South African People's Organization, fighting for Namibia's independence), supported by the USSR. They were fighting, in a cold war scenario, against UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) and the FNLA (National Liberation Front of Angola, supported by the United States and South Africa.  
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Trabajador  civil que fue enviado a Angola y murió en una emboscada a los 51 días de su arribo.  Dejó cinco hijos al momento de su muerte. La intervención militar cubana de 16 años en Angola (1975-1991) involucró a más de 377 mil cubanos en apoyo del Movimiento Popular para la Liberación de Angola (MPLA) y la SWAPO (Organización Popular Sudafricana, luchando por la independencia de Namibia), con el apoyo de la URSS. Estaban luchando, en un escenario de la guerra fría, contra UNITA (Unión Nacional para la Independencia Total de Angola) y el FNLA (Frente Nacional de  Liberación de Angola, con el apoyo de Estados Unidos y Sudáfrica.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Reported: Highly likely / Highly reliable source(s)

Cause of Death: - Combat: Fatality or Missing in Action

Occupations: - Construction and Extraction Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Internationalist -civilian temporary worker

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Ramón Barrizonte Rodríguez