The Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 was doomed to ... already knew that other exiles were being trained by the CIA in Guatemala to invade Cuba. I made my way over there a few days later.

The island nation of Cuba, less than 100 miles from the ... Unfortunately, the new landing site at the Bay of Pigs made the ...

The CIA-directed April 1961 invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was just the tip of the iceberg when it came to U.S. government efforts to rid Cuba of Castro. They began with his rise to power in ...

1963 (UPI)-President Kennedy said Thursday that the United States never planned to provide air cover for the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.He also told a news conference that continuous ...

The CIA later called to the Bay of Pigs' as the "perfect failure." In Cuba, the battle is referred to as the "invasion de Playa Giron." Castro directed a counterattack from a tank that reportedly ...

The failure of the Bay of ... left in Cuba, so tight was Castro's grip. "Get rid of Castro and the Castro regime, quote-unquote." This is how Sam Halpern, executive officer of the CIA team charged ...

The world is filled with brutal dictatorships that oppress their people. These regimes also often impoverish their ...

Havana, Cuba (CNN)-- Tanks rumbled through Havana's Revolution Plaza and jets tore through the sky on Saturday as Cuba commemorated its victory over a U.S.-backed invasion at the Bay of Pigs 50 ...

America was alarmed. So in April 1961, the CIA trained, armed and transported 1300 Cuban exiles to invade Cuba. They landed at the Bay of Pigs, and tried to overthrow Castro. But they failed ...

1963 (UPI)-President Kennedy said Thursday that the United States never planned to provide air cover for the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.He also told a news conference that continuous ...

The failure of the Bay of ... left in Cuba, so tight was Castro's grip. "Get rid of Castro and the Castro regime, quote-unquote." This is how Sam Halpern, executive officer of the CIA team charged ...