Bay of Pigs

The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de Cochinos) is a bay on the southern coast of Cuba. The translation of "Cochinos" is not "pigs", although pigs are also called cochinos. Cochinos is the name of a fish, thus the bay of the fish Cochinos.

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Spanish - Cuba

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It was the site of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion during John F. Kennedy's presidency - a 1961 US-backed invasion by Cuban exiles intent on overthrowing Fidel Castro, at a beach called Playa Giron near the city of Cienfuegos .

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Bay of Pigs Invasion - John F. Kennedy - 1961 - US - Fidel Castro - Cienfuegos

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The term 'Bay of Pigs' was also used by President Richard Nixon as a coded reference to the Kennedy Assassination in White House conversations recorded on the Watergate tapes.

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Richard Nixon - Kennedy Assassination - Watergate

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