Author Name: Carribean Channel, Cuba TV.
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Díaz-Canel remembers US bombing of Cuba
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Miguel Diaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, recalled on Monday the bombing of US planes on the national territory almost 60 years ago and ratified the courage of the people of the Greater Antilles against imperial aggression.
On April 15, 1961, enemy aircraft camouflaged with the insignia of the Revolutionary Armed Forces attacked the airport of Ciudad Libertad, the air base of San Antonio de los Baños and the airport of Santiago de Cuba.
This fact was the prelude to the invasion by Playa Girón – territory located in the central province of Matanzas – where an armed brigade, trained and transported by the United States, arrived in the Zapata Swamp on April 17.
After 60 hours of hard fighting the mercenaries were defeated, who surrendered in Playa Girón at dusk on the 19th and this action represented the first major defeat of Imperialism in Latin America.
How the invasion of Playa Girón changed the history of Cuba?
“The history of the Bay of Pigs aggression is not only an important historical event and not only resulted in a great victory of the Cuban Revolution and in a great defeat of imperialism, but also, on the occasion of that invasion, it was proclaimed the socialist character of the Cuban Revolution, “recalled the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro in a speech on April 19, 1991, of those actions.
Also on the 30th anniversary of those actions, Fidel recalled that Playa Girón was “a great school for the Cuban people who learned not to be afraid of the enemy”.
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