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Bay Of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed 1961 U.S.-backed landing by Cuban exiles at Cuba’s Bahía de Cochinos that sought to overthrow Fidel Castro’s revolutionary government but collapsed within three days, reshaping Cold War geopolitics and solidifying Cuba’s alliance with the Soviet Union.
PeopleFidel Castro
Fidel Castro was the Marxist revolutionary who transformed Cuba into a one-party communist state and, for nearly five decades, defied U.S. power while reshaping every aspect of Cuban society.