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Apr 17, 2022

Castro Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of "Imperialism's Defeat" at Bay of Pigs

Apr. 17, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro hailed today the failure of the C.I.A.-backed invasion attempt exactly one year ago as...

Apr 11, 2022

Kennedy: U.S. Won't Negotiate for Cuban Prisoners

Apr. 11, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that the U.S. Government would not negotiate with Cuba to ransom the rebel prisoners...

Apr 8, 2022

Bay of Pigs Invaders Convicted of Treason in Cuba

Apr. 8, 1962 - The 1,179 prisoners seized in the invasion of Cuba a year ago have been convicted of treason. But the Castro regime is...

Mar 30, 2022

Cuba's Prisoner Trial Continues

Mar. 30, 1962 - Sitting on benches on an outdoor basketball court, nearly 1,200 prisoners captured in the invasion of Cuba last April...

Mar 29, 2022

2,000 Persons Leave Cuba Every Week

Mar. 29, 1962 - Approximately 2,000 people a week are leaving Cuba. All commercial planes bound for Miami, Mexico City and Kingston,...

Mar 29, 2022

Trial Begins for 1,182 Cuban Prisoners

Mar. 29, 1962 - The Castro Government put 1,182 prisoners on trial today behind closed doors at Principe Prison, in Havana’s suburbs. The...

Mar 21, 2022

Nixon Rejects Kennedy's Denial of 1960 Cuban Invasion Briefing

Mar. 21, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon declined today in the face of a Presidential denial to alter his contention that Senator John F. Kennedy...

Mar 21, 2022

Kennedy Sees No Evidence of Impending Cuban Attack

Mar. 21, 1962 - President Kennedy said today that he had no evidence of an impending Cuban attack on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo...

Mar 19, 2022

Nixon Claims Kennedy Flouted Security Restrictions in 1960 Campaign

Mar. 19, 1962 - Richard M. Nixon has charged in a new book that President Kennedy endangered security restrictions in 1960 with his...

Mar 14, 2022

Cubans Smuggle Red Chinese Opium into U.S.

Mar. 14, 1962 - Communist Cuba is attempting to demoralize this country and obtain vital U.S. dollars by smuggling opium from Red China...

Mar 14, 2022

Castro Urges "Communist Spirit" in Cuba

Mar. 14, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro urged young Cubans today to develop a more intense “Communist spirit” and declared that they would...

Mar 12, 2022

Castro Rations Rice and Beans in Cuba

Mar. 12, 1962 - Premier Fidel Castro announced today nationwide rationing of rice and beans, basic items of the Cuban diet. He also...

Mar 11, 2022

Castro Claims Cuba Invented Baseball

Mar. 11, 1962 - Cuba has put a claim on the invention of baseball. A recent speech by Premier Fidel Castro and a subsequent editorial in...

Mar 5, 2022

Former WWII Soviet General in Command Position in Cuba

Mar. 5, 1962 - Enrique Lister (pictured left with Ernesto “Che” Guevara), who led a Communist corps in the Spanish civil war and served...

Feb 4, 2022

Castro Calls Kennedy's Trade Ban "Economic Aggression"

Feb. 4, 1962 - Cuban Premier Fidel Castro charged today that the U.S. embargo on imports from Cuba was “another economic aggression.” In...

Feb 3, 2022

Kennedy Bans Most Trade with Cuba

Feb. 3, 1962 - President Kennedy ordered a ban on almost all trade with Cuba today to deprive Premier Fidel Castro’s regime of an annual...

Feb 2, 2022

President Kennedy to Ban Cuban Imports

Feb. 2, 1962 - President Kennedy is expected to announce this weekend a ban on all remaining imports from Cuba, which give the Castro...

Jan 31, 2022

President Kennedy Pleased with OAS Exclusion of Cuba

Jan. 31, 1962 - President Kennedy expressed satisfaction today with the actions taken against Cuba by the Organization of American...

Jan 30, 2022

Organization of American States Votes Cuba Out

Jan. 30, 1962 - Foreign ministers of the Organization of American States voted today by a two-thirds majority to exclude Cuba from...

Jan 25, 2022

Rusk Urges Vigilance on Cuba

Jan. 25, 1962 - Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged the conference of American foreign ministers in Uruguay today to adopt a plan “to...