the political impact on the failure at the bay of pigs invasion Bay of pigs larry gilman the bay of pigs (bah í a de cochinos) is a small bay on the southern coast of cuba that was invaded on april 17, 1961 by approximately 1,400 cuban exiles organized and armed by the united states central intelligence agency ()the invasion was meant to appear to be an attempt by independent cuban rebels to overthrow.
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