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On April 17, 1961, just 60 years ago, a group of Cubans exiled in the United States landed in the

Bay of Pigs

, in the southwest of the island, to overthrow

Fidel Castro

militarily

.

The operation had the financial support of the US government and the commitment of its newly appointed president, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

That invasion was a disaster and in four days Castro repelled it, consolidating his power and ties with the USSR.

What did

Kennedy do

in those moments?

Difficult question d

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