65 years after the Bay of Pigs, Cuba’s president vows to defeat US forces if attacked again

The president of the Caribbean island nation of Cuba has said he does not want war with the United States, but vowed that the Cuban people would defeat the U.S. military if attacked. Dressed in military uniform, President Díaz-Canel addressed a crowd of government supporters on Wednesday at a rally commemorating the 65th anniversary of the start of the US-backed invasion of the Bay of Pigs. At the time, a unit of Cuban exiles trained by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) attempted to overthrow Castro’s government, but the invasion failed and Castro was…


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