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Transcript: Bay of Pigs Invasion Casts Long Shadow 35 Years Later
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- NPR All Things Considered
- Article date:
- April 17, 1996
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An effort on April 17, 1961, by the U.S. government to overthrow the
Castro regime was a military and political disaster for the U.S. and
cemented Fidel Castro as a national hero of Cuba's social revolution.
LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: This is All Things Considered; I'm Linda
Wertheimer.
ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: And I'm Robert Siegel. One of the defining
moments of the Cold War took place 35 years ago, today, when the United
States launched a small invasion force of Cuban exiles in an effort
to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. The military and political
fiasco that followed have come to be known by the name of the landing
site. Cubans use the name ...