1. According to some authors, the United States does not face any military or ideological threats from any power. See E. R. May, ‘Intelligence: backing into the future’, Foreign Affairs, 71(3) (1992): pp. 63–72
2. In 1963, Cuba sent the first group of physicians to Algeria. Since then, cooperation has expanded to scholarship students, staff training programmes, construction and other fields. For additional statistics, see E. Felipe, ‘La ayuda econ6mica de Cuba al Tercer Mundo: evaluacidn preliminar’, CIEM Bulletin, 1(2) (Feb. 1992): 13–15.
3. . See Armando Entralgo and David Gonzalez, ‘La politica cubana hacia africa’, in J. Dominguez y R. Hernandez, (eds) US-Cuba Relations in the 90s (Boulders: Westview Press, 1989); La paz de Cuito Cuanavale: documentos de un proceso (La Habana: Editora Politica, 1989); La guerra de Angola (La Habana: Editora Politica, 1989).
4. See C. Alzugaray, ‘Realidades y perspectivas de la seguridad nacional de Cuba’, as quoted by Isabel Jaramillo in ‘Cuba and the Caribbean: perceptions and realities’, Conflict, Peace and Development in the Caribbean, J. Rodriguez Beruff, E. Greene and P. Figueroa (eds) (London: Macmillan, 1991), p. 67
5. In addition to external pressures, the cooption of the political, military and intellectual elite in the country is contemplated.