 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika November 1987, Castro akavamba kupedza nguva yakawanda paAngolan Civil War, umo vaMarxist vakanga vawira mukudzokera shure. Mutungamiri weAngola José Eduardo dos Santos akabudirira kukumbira mamwe mauto eCuba, naCastro gare gare achibvuma kuti akazvipira nguva yakawanda kuAngola kupfuura kumamiriro ezvinhu epamba, achitenda kuti kukunda kwaizotungamirira kukuparara kwehutsinye. Gorbachev akadaidzira kuti kurwisana kugumiswe nokukurukurirana uye muna 1988 akaronga hurukuro dzematunhu mana pakati peUSSR, U.S., Cuba neSouth Africa; vakabvumirana kuti mauto ose okune dzimwe nyika aizobuda muAngola. Castro akatsamwiswa nemaitiro aGorbachev, achidavira kuti akanga ari kusiya nhamo yavarombo venyika achida kuti zvinhu zvichinje. MuEastern Europe, hurumende dzechiSocialist dzakawira kuvashanduri vecapitalist pakati pa1989 na1991 uye vacherekedzi vazhinji vokumadokero vaikarira zvimwe chetezvo muCuba. Zvairamba zvichingowedzera kusurukirwa, Cuba yakavandudza ukama nehurumende yaManuel Noriega yeparutivi rworudyi muPanama pasinei nokuvenga Noriega kwaCastro asi yakadzingwa mukupinda kweUnited Statesmuna December 1989. Muna February 1990, vasonganiri vaCastro muNicaragua, Mutungamiri Daniel Ortega navaSandinistas, vakakundwa neNational Opposition Union yaipiwa mari neU.S. musarudzo. Nokuparara kweEastern Bloc, U.S. yakawana vhoti zhinji yechisarudzo chaishora kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu kweCuba paUnited Nations Human Rights Commission muGeneva, Switzerland. Cuba yakasimbisa kuti ikoku kwakanga kuri kuratidzirwa kwouchangamire hweU.S., uye yakaramba kubvumira nhume dzinoongorora kupinda munyika. 