A local family goes for a swim in the Bay of Pigs, Cuba
The Bay of Pigs was the scene of the 1961 CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. It pitted sundry Cuban exiles against Castro's fledgling communist state. An unmitigated diaster, it was a huge embarassment for the Kennedy administration.
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Location: Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), Matanzas province, Cuba
Photo credit: © A.B. Flint / Alamy / Afripics
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