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unsuccessful attempt (1961) to overthrow the government of the Cuban premier Fidel Castro by U.S.-backed Cuban exiles. Increasing friction between the U.S. and Castro’s leftist regime led President Dwight D. Eisenhower to break off diplomatic relations with Cuba in January 1961. Even before that, however, the Central Intelligence Agency had been training antirevolutionary Cuban exiles for a possible invasion of the island. The invasion plan was approved by Eisenhower’s successor, John F. Kennedy. On April 17 about 1300 exiles, armed with U.S. weapons, were landed at the Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs) on the south coast of Cuba. Hoping to find support from the local population, they intended to cross the island to Havana, but were quickly stopped by Castro’s army. By the time the fighting ended on April 19, 90 had been killed and the rest were prisoners. The failure of the invasion seriously embarrassed the Kennedy administration, which was blamed by some for not giving it adequate support and by others for allowing it to take place at all. The captured exiles were later ransomed by private groups in the U.S.
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