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...
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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...
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