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Vang Pao, in lingua hmong Vaj Pov (Nong Het, 8 dicembre 1929 – Clovis, 6 gennaio 2011), è stato un generale e guerrigliero laotiano naturalizzato statunitense, di etnia hmong. È noto soprattutto per aver guidato le truppe irregolari hmong in appoggio ai piani della CIA nel corso della guerra civile in Laos, considerata il fronte nord ...
Vang Pao (RPA: Vaj Pov [vâ pɔ̌], Lao: ວັງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army and later a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States.
Vàng Pao ( RPA: Vaj Pov, chữ Lào: ວັງປາວ; Chữ Hmông Việt: Vangx Paor, 1929 – 2011 [1]) là người H'mong đầu tiên được phong hàm tướng Quân đội Hoàng gia Lào. Ông từng được mệnh danh là vua Mèo tại Thượng Lào từ năm 1960.
7 gen 2011 · Vang Pao, the former general and leader of his Hmong ethnic group in Laos, has died in exile in the US, aged 81. He had been in hospital for about 10 days before his death late on Thursday.
7 gen 2011 · He led a CIA-sponsored secret war in Laos during the Vietnam War and, when it was lost, led many of his people into exile. Former Central Intelligence Agency chief William Colby once called...
- Mark Memmott
7 gen 2011 · General Vang Pao, who has died in California at the age of 81, was once described as "the biggest hero of the Vietnam War" by former CIA chief William Colby. Much of his life was spent fighting -...
In the mid-1990s, Vang Pao, aided by influential American diplomatic allies and vast numbers of Hmong-Americans, halted forced United Nations-sponsored repatriation back to Laos of thousands of Hmong refugees in Thailand. It was a major human rights victory for the Hmong.
