The Boston Globe, April 17th, 2001
IN THE LONG ANNALS OF US FOREIGN POLICY, NO FIASCO WAS MORE COMPLETE, NO MISCARRIAGE MORE TOTAL, THAN THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S ATTEMPTED INVASION OF CUBA AT THE BAY OF PIGS IN APRIL 1961. HISTORIANS CALL IT "THE PERFECT FAILURE." IT HAS BEEN A LASTING BLIGHT ON THE THOUSAND DAYS OF JOHN F. KENNEDY. Toward the end of March, a number of Cubans and Americans met at a conference in Havana to mark the anniversary of the invasion, which began 40 years ago today. Cosponsored by the University of Havana and the National Security Archive at George Washington University, the conference was an e...
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