The failed 'Bay of Pigs Invasion' - A full-scale invasion of Cuba by American-trained Cubans. (apr 17, 1961 – apr 19, 1961)

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"In the Caribbean, the overthrow of Guatemalan leader Jacobo Arbenz inadvertently encouraged communism: outraged by what had happened in Guatemala, Fidel Castro, Che Guvara, and their supports resolved to liberate Cube from Washington’s sphere of influence and turn it into a Marxist-Leninist state. When, after they seized power in 1959, the CIA tried to overthrow them, it failed miserably. The unsuccessful Bay of Pigs landing in April 1961 exposed the most ambitious covert operation the Agency had yet attempted, humiliated the new Kennedy administration, strengthened relation between Moscow and Havana, and set in motion the series of events that would, within a year and half, bring world to the brink of nuclear war." (Gaddis 2006, p. 166)

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