Manuel dos Santos 'Manecas'

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title: Manuel dos Santos 'Manecas'
text: Colonel Manuel dos Santos, also known as 'Comandante Manecas', is a Bissau-Guinean politician from PAIGC. He was born as Manuel Maria Monteiro Santos in São Vicente, Cape Verde, on 30 October 1942. He was recruited in 1957 as a member of PAIGC. He was trained in military academies in Cuba and USSR, and became artillery commander in the war for independence. He led the group of guerrillas who used Strella anti-aircraft missiles against the Portuguese aircraft. In the independent Guinea-Bissau, Ma
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