UNITA

We hosted the Communist Party of South Africa.

We-- Who didn't we host? We even hosted both UNITA and then PLA.

And Lusaka was a place of peace.

Now we are a place of shame.

And a lot of it, by the way, Charles, this is where African history is a very interesting thing.

I didn't know that actually Zambia was actively supporting Savimbi and UNITA.

Actively.

I mean, I could understand.

So we still feel obligated to defend Zimbabwe.

And in relationship to the Cuban question, Remember, when Bayard Rustin, the civil rights icon, shocked everyone and supported the CIA-trained mercenaries in UNITA against the Angolan revolution, he said his justification was to prevent the influence of Cuba in southern Africa.

And when you take into consideration that when Samora Marshall's plane crashed, his two personal physicians were Cuban doctors.

So President Mugabe was in step with the revolutionary climate and atmosphere in Southern Africa, which set the tone for Africa and continues to set the tone for Africa, even agriculturally.

Mbwenalubita and his family are terrified to return there.

He testified that he was a member of UNITA, a national political party that opposes the current ruling party in Angola, the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, and that on multiple occasions, the Angolan police and military harmed him because of his political activism.

Lots of stuff that, if credible, like, is definitely past persecution, I'd think.

Multiple protests, arrests, detentions, killings witnessed, and terrible beatings.

In addition to relying on an incorrect adverse credibility finding, the agency erred in its particularized risk of torture and relocation analyses.

Mr. Mwenovita wasn't just relying on generalized evidence, even without his testimony.

He had a specific claim based on his membership and work in UNITA.

Obviously, we just did a whole decision about this, but there's this, too.

He was the man who arranged the lease on Jonestown with the Guyanese government on behalf of Jim Jones.

Now, he was a mercenary for UNITA, right? The CIA-backed UNITA rebels in Angola is what he really was.

And...

Anyway, we've discussed at length those connections in the past, but I did feel the need to essentially reiterate that within this context.