President Diaz-Canel signs initiative in Playa Giron to show support for Socialist revolution. On Sunday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel launched a signature-gathering campaign titled “My Signature for the Homeland,” aimed at demonstrating support for the Socialist Revolution. The president signed the initiative in Playa Giron, in Matanzas province, during a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary […]

In 1961, Cuban military forces and popular militias defeated U.S.-trained mercenaries in less than 72 hours. The history of the 20th century often focuses on rivalries between great powers. Yet a few moments changed the Cold War’s path as much as the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, which Cubans call the victory at Playa Girón. […]

Cubans will firmly defend their revolution just as they did in the Playa Giron Battle. On Thursday, thousands of Cubans took to the streets to honor those who fought in the Battle of Playa Giron in Matanzas province on April 17, 1961.  Back then, approximately 1,500 Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA and backed by […]

The U.S. blockade is the main cause of the suffering of the Cuban nation.  On Thursday, Cubans commemorated the 65th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Revolution with mass events in several cities across the country. In Havana, President Miguel Diaz-Canel rejected the hostility of the U.S. government, which has maintained […]

The event became an opportune moment to reaffirm the principles established in 1961.

The Bay of Pigs invasion was a CIA-organized attempt to topple the Cuban Revolution that ended in a decisive defeat for Washington and its local allies, marking the first major military failure of U.S. imperial power in the Americas. RELATED:The U.S. and Its History of Invading LATAM Countries Six decades later, that defeat still shapes […]