"Angola: Fin del Mito de los Mercenarios" (Angola: End of the Mercenary Myth) is a Cuban political analysis by journalist Raul Valdés Vivo examining the role of foreign mercenaries in the Angolan Civil War and Cuban internationalist involvement in the conflict. Published by the Empresa de Medios de Propaganda (Propaganda Media Company) and printed at the Imprenta Federico Engels in May 1976, the book appeared during a critical moment when Cuba had deployed troops to support the MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) against South African-backed forces and mercenary groups.
The cover features a bold multi-color illustration employing anti-imperialist visual rhetoric: a prominent U.S. $100 bill dominates the center, surrounded by explosions in orange, palm trees, and silhouetted soldiers marching in formation, all rendered in a graphic style using yellow, green, brown, and black. This visual composition directly connects mercenary activity to American financial interests, a central theme of Cuban revolutionary discourse about African liberation struggles. The book's fourteen chapters systematically deconstruct what Valdés Vivo characterizes as the "mercenary myth," documenting the defeat of foreign mercenary forces and analyzing the historical roots of international intervention in Angola. This publication represents Cuba's effort to document and justify its military internationalism in Africa as part of broader Third World solidarity and anti-imperialist struggle during the Cold War era.