The Bay of Pigs
Following our couple of days in Trinidad we headed North via Cienfuegos to the Bay of Pigs. We were to stay in a Cuban holiday camp here - a bit like a Cuban version of Butlin’s. The camp had previously been a military base and this was obvious to see, from the large entrance parade ground to the mess halls - an interesting place indeed. Just outside the camp was the Giron Museum which tells the story of the unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. Trained and funded by the United States government's Central Intelligence Agency, Brigade 2506 fronted the armed wing of the Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF) and intended to overthrow the revolutionary leftist government of Fidel Castro. They were defeated within 3 days!
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