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The Bay of Pigs is a relatively quiet site for diving. Dive centers exist in Playa Larga, Playa Girón and Caleta Buena. Twelve dive sites in the bay display excellent visibility of 20 to 40 metres (66 to 131 ft), an average water temperature of 22 °C (72 °F) in December and 29 °C (84 °F) in July.
Playa Girón ([ˈplaʝa xiˈɾon]; "Girón beach") is a beach and village on the east bank of the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), which is located in the province of Matanzas, on the southern coast of Cuba. It is part of the municipality of Ciénaga de Zapata.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, sometimes called Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Playa Girón after the Playa Girón) was a failed military landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in April 1961 by the United States of America and the Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting ...
The assassination attempts reportedly included cigars poisoned with botulinum toxin, a Eumycota fungi-infected scuba-diving suit along with a booby-trapped conch placed on the sea bottom, [19] an exploding cigar (Castro loved cigars and scuba diving, but he quit smoking in 1985), [19] [20] and plain, mafia-style execution endeavors, among ...
The monument is part of $1.5 million in improvements made to the community park in Flagami.
The Situation Room dates from the aftermath of the 1961 Bay of Pigs drama, when President John Kennedy concluded the White House needed a central location to monitor world events.
Bay of Pigs – Bay on the island of Cuba; Belize Barrier Reef – Series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize; Biscayne National Park – American national park located south of Miami, Florida; Bohol Sea – Marginal sea between the Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (known as "La Batalla de Girón," or "Playa Girón" in Cuba) was an unsuccessful attempt by a U.S.-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba and overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.