Complete Monster: Big BadKarl Adriaan Vorster, a member of a Neo-Nazi Afrikaner movement, arranges the death of the moderate Haymans government in South Africa, and reinstates full apartheid, arresting and killing those who oppose it. He then tries to re-conquer Namibia, taking South Africa into a war with Cuba and Angola in the process. When the war turns against him, Vorster uses a nuclear bomb on an advancing Cuban brigade, and then plans to nuke Maputo (capital of Mozambique) and Bulawayo (second largest city in Zimbabwe). When the Cubans start basing their headquarters inside of South African cities and towns, Vorster orders that they too be subject to nuclear attack. American intervention takes this option out of his hands, so Vorster instead tries to ruin South Africa and the world's economy by contaminating the nation's mines with radioactive dust as part of a last, mad bid to take everyone down with him. Hateful of anyone who isn't an Afrikaner, and responsible for thousands of deaths, Vorster personifies all the worst aspects of The Apartheid Era.
Confirmation Bias:The author seems to portray the Cuban's and the socialist bloc as evil war mongering people who saw nothing but to spread their ideals and the lives of civilians were a mere after thought. In real life however it was Cuba that came to the Angolan socialist government's aid when South Africa began its military campaign against the nation which, was supported by the U.S (who are seen as the "good guys" in the book).
Designated Villain: The Cubans and their allies. While it is clear that Bond wants to portray them as villains of the story, expecting his audience to see them that way purely on the basis of their alignment with the forces of Communism, their opponents are so much worse that it becomes difficult not to root for them, especially with Magnificent Bastard Antonio Vega leading them. Later on, Bond attempts to make them more outright villainous with their use of nerve gas, but in-story this response comes after the South Africans nuke a large chunk of their forces, which if anything comes across as downright restrained by comparison and is shown to serve a military purpose. Ultimately, the only truly unambiguously evil thing that Cubans are portrayed as doing is in an isolated scene where some Cuban soldiers are shown committing atrocities against South African civilians.
