In the dark tropical night of April 17, 1962, 1,400 Cuban Americans landed at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Girón), Cuba, in a disastrously unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro (another example of the US “meddling” in foreign elections). The Cuban Americans were political exiles trained and armed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). … Continue reading Bay of Pigs / Playa Girón, Cuba 1962