Farhad<p>On Apr. 17, 1961, 1,400 Cuban exile troops, armed and trained by the CIA, with U.S. air and naval support, launched an <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> of <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a> at the Bay of Pigs with the intention of toppling Cuba's revolutionary government. Most of the invaders were captured or killed.</p><p><a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=TIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIH</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=BayofPigs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayofPigs</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=Americas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americas</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=NeverForget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverForget</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> <a href="https://venera.social/search?tag=RegimeChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegimeChange</span></a></p>