Archived 7 bizarre ways the US tried to kill or topple Fidel Castro (vox.com)
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Archived 7 bizarre ways the US tried to kill or topple Fidel Castro (vox.com)
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'These technically weren’t attempts to kill Castro so much as discredit him and undermine his rule. '
'But Escalante called the poison pill effort "the closest the CIA got to assassinating FIdel" in an interview with Reuters. '
'The botched US-backed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion meant to topple Castro could’ve ended in his death, but most other attempts involved more subterfuge and spycraft. '
'Fabian Escalante, a former head of the Cuban secret service who was charged with protecting Castro from would-be assassins, has claimed that Castro faced 634 attempts on his life, from the CIA, Cuban exiles, and others. '
'He was successful in securing the release of thousands of Cuban prisoners after the Bay of Pigs, but did not wind up murdering Fidel Castro. '
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