Have you ever wondered why Cuban Americans have a fervent Republican tradition? Why do US presidential candidates inevitably stop at a small monument in Little Havana every four years? Why, despite his racist and anti-immigrant policies, did so many Latinos in South Florida endorse Donald Trump last year? It's a legacy that dates back to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, when a battalion of youths, armed and trained by the CIA, attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro. But when the "2506 Brigade" began to be attacked, the John F. Kennedy government broke its promise and abandoned the Cubans, and they were crushed by Castro's forces. On the 60th anniversary of the failed operation,Survivors of Brigade 2506 sit down with CNN to share details of that April 17, 1961. Senators Marco Rubio and Bob Meléndez explain why they co-sponsored a bill honoring the Brigade and why what happened in Playa Girón it still matters, even sixty years later. The report is from Boris Sanchez.
The legacy of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion
2021-04-18T16:08:48.923Z
On the 60th anniversary of the failed operation, the survivors of Brigade 2506 share details of that April 17, 1961.
