 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - hurumende yeAngola nemauto eCuba vakanga vava kudzora maguta ose ekumaodzanyemba muna 1977. Savimbi akataura kuda kwake kuswedera pedyo neMPLA uye kuumbwa kwehumwe, hurumende yezvematongerwe enyika, asi akaomerera pakubuda kweCuba kutanga. Muvengi chaiye ikolonialism yeCuba, Savimbi akaudza vatori venhau, achinyevera, VaCuba vakatora nyika. UNITA yakapomera mauto eCuba kuti akashandisa zvombo zvinokanda moto, zvidhinha, uye ndege dzine napalm kuparadza misha iri munharaunda iri pamuganhu weAngola neNamibia. Vakadzi navana bedzi vakapfuura nomunharaunda iyi, Castro Corridor, nemhaka yokuti mauto eCuba akanga apfura varume vose vane makore gumi okukura kana kuti vakura kudzivisa kubatana neUNITA. Napalm yakauraya mombe kuti idyise mauto ehurumende uye kutsiva vatsigiri veUNITA. VaAngola vakatiza nyika yokumusha kwavo; 10 000 vakaenda kumaodzanyemba kuNamibia uye 16 000 kumabvazuva kuZambia, uko vaigara mumisasa yavapoteri. Munyori Wezvekunze Ishe Carrington weUnited Kingdom akataura kunetseka kwakafanana pamusoro pokubatanidzwa kweBritain muHondo yaBush yeRhodesiapanguva yekutaurirana kweLancaster House muna 1980. 