President John F. Kennedy's sanctioning of the Bay of Pigs operation had a significant impact on contemporary popular perceptions of his administration. For the majority, Kennedy's actions proved that he was willing to actively confront...

The 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempted invasion by armed Cuban exiles in southwest Cuba, planned and funded by the United States, in an attempt to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. This action accelerated a rapid...

He served as a Navy and CIA officer, and helped orchestrate a coup in Guatamala and the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, but E. Howard Hunt is best known as something he always said he wasn't: a Watergate burglar.Hunt, who often said he preferred the...

A former CIA operative and Cuban exile plans to auction what he says is a lock of Che Guevara's hair, snipped before the Argentinian revolutionary and friend of Fidel Castro was buried in 1967.Gustavo Villoldo, 71, was involved in Guevara's capture in the jungles of...

E. Howard Hunt may hold a controversial niche in American history, but mourners at his funeral Monday expressed only admiration for the man who helped organize the Watergate break-in."He was a great American. The country needs more like him. Too bad we don't have anyone...

Venezuela and Cuba on Wednesday asked a U.N. counterterrorism committee to investigate the release from a U.S. jail of a Cuban militant who is wanted in Venezuela on charges of plotting a 1976 airliner bombing that killed 73 people.The two countries made the request in...

A brief summary of the "Bay of Pigs" invasion, the unsuccessful attempt by the United States to overthrow the Cuban government.