Zapata Plan

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The Zapata Plan was the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s covert operation to organize, train, and support Cuban exiles in the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro’s government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf CIA operation ⓘ
covert operation ⓘ
paramilitary operation ⓘ
aim install anti-communist government in Cuba ⓘ
overthrow Fidel Castro ⓘ
remove Cuban revolutionary government ⓘ
codenameOrigin Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs) area known as Zapata Swamp ⓘ
linked to: Ciénaga de Zapata
conflict Cuba–United States relations ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1961 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Mongoose ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to Cuban alignment with Soviet Union ⓘ
deterioration of U.S.–Cuba relations ⓘ
embarrassment for Kennedy administration ⓘ
strengthening Fidel Castro’s position in Cuba ⓘ
hasPart Bay of Pigs invasion ⓘ
involves air strikes on Cuban airfields ⓘ
amphibious landing ⓘ
clandestine maritime operations ⓘ
covert propaganda ⓘ
psychological warfare ⓘ
location Bay of Pigs ⓘ
linked to: Baía dos Porcos

Cuba ⓘ
Playa Girón ⓘ
Playa Larga ⓘ
notableCommander Brigade 2506 leaders ⓘ
linked to: Brigade 2506

CIA officer Jacob Esterline ⓘ
CIA officer Richard Bissell ⓘ
operator Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
opposedBy Fidel Castro government ⓘ
linked to: Cuban government

Soviet Union (politically) ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
organizer Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
participant Brigade 2506 ⓘ
Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces ⓘ
Cuban exiles ⓘ
Fidel Castro ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
precededBy earlier CIA plans to overthrow Castro ⓘ
result defeat of exile invasion force ⓘ
failure ⓘ
startTime 1960 ⓘ
supportedBy CIA front organizations ⓘ
Eisenhower administration ⓘ
Kennedy administration ⓘ
U.S. Air Force logistical support ⓘ
time April 1961 (invasion phase) ⓘ
trainingLocation Guatemala ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ

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