On Saturday, Bay of Pigs invasion veterans mark 50 years since their release

At 11 a.m. on Saturday, Brigade 2506 members will gather to mark the 50th anniversary of their release from Cuban prisons after the U.S. paid $52 million in medicine and food for their release.

Bay of Pigs invasion hero honored along Calle Ocho

A special ceremony was held Saturday to mark the renaming of a two-block stretch of Calle Ocho in honor of a Bay of Pigs invasion hero.
CIA’s Bay of Pigs foreign policy laid bare

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How a group of Cuban exiles set up to topple Fidel Castro

The commander of the Bay of Pigs invasion, José Perez San Roman, kneeled and kissed the sand with joy when he landed at Playa Girón on the south coast of Cuba. Two days later, his 1,500 men had been thoroughly defeated.

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