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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Bay of Pigs At 50: Ex-CIA Agent Who Helped Capture Che Guevara Talks About His Experience In The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
Luisa Yanez in The Miami Herald spoke to Felix Rodriquez, the current President of The Bay of Pigs Brigade 2506, on the 50 anniversary of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Fidel Castro's Communist Cuba.
Rodriquez, seen in the above photo, is a former CIA agent who was in Cuba 50 years ago. He later helped hunt down Castro's Communist guerrilla ambassador, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, in Boliva.
You can read the newspaper piece via the below link:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/15/2169717/brigade-veteran-says-there-was.html
You can read about how Brigade veterans are honoring the day in Miami via the below link:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/16/2171348/bay-of-pigs-survivors-pay-tribute.html#storylink=omni_popular
You can also read Cuban-American Humberto Fontova's column on the Bay of Pigs, and my interview with Fontova, via the below link:
http://pauldavisoncrime.blogspot.com/2011/04/anniversary-of-heroism-and-shame-bay-of.html
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