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Bay of Pigs Invasion
In 1961 Alfredo Duran was part of a group of CIA-trained Cuban exiles who invaded the island to try to overthrow Fidel Castro's revolutionary government.
He tells Witness how the scheme went badly wrong, and how the promise of help from the Americans never came.
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Sat 27 Nov 202105:45GMT
BBC Radio 4
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