The Eisenhower and [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] Administrations approved initiatives for CIA-trained Cuban anti-communist exiles and refugees to land in [[Cuba]] and attempt to overthrow the government of Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]]. Plans originally formed under Eisenhower were scaled back in the early days of the Kennedy administration. The largest and most complicated coup effort, approved at White House level, was the disastrous [[Bay of Pigs]] failure. | The Eisenhower and [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] Administrations approved initiatives for CIA-trained Cuban anti-communist exiles and refugees to land in [[Cuba]] and attempt to overthrow the government of Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]]. Plans originally formed under Eisenhower were scaled back in the early days of the Kennedy administration. The largest and most complicated coup effort, approved at White House level, was the disastrous [[Bay of Pigs]] failure. |