- Bay of Pigs
"For the United States invasion at the Bay of Pigs, see
Bay of Pigs Invasion ."The Bay of Pigs ( _es. Bahía de Cochinos, also known as Playa Girón) is an inlet of the
Gulf of Cazones on the south coast ofCuba . It is located in the province ofMatanzas , east of theZapata Swamp , south of Jagüey Grande and west of the city ofCienfuegos . The English translation of "cochinos" as "pig s" might be erroneous, as in all probability here it refers to a species oftriggerfish ("Balistes vetula") [http://www.invemar.org.co/redcostera1/invemar/docs/Vol33/BIMC_33_03_Claro.pdf] , rather than pigs ("Sus scrofa").The bay is the site of the failed
Bay of Pigs Invasion , an unsuccessful April 121961 United States CIA-backed invasion which many people believe was directed by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.The attacks first began with bombings of air-fields on Saturday April 15, 1961 [ [http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs4.htm Bay of Pigs, The Invasion - History of Cuba ] ] and by April 19th at 2:30pm the brigade radioed they had nothing left to fight with. The following day, April 20, 1961, Castro declared that the revolution had been victorious. [ [http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs5.htm < Bay of Pigs, Victory - History of Cuba ] ]References
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