As New Bay of Pigs Museum Opens in Miami, Veterans of the Assault Ponder Future of Cuba

Local leaders react to Trump comments on Cuba action at opening of Bay of Pigs Museum - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Local South Florida leaders reacted to President Donald Trump’s comments on potential action on Cuba at the grand opening of the new Bay of Pigs Museum and Library. Hundreds of people, including local officials, celebrated the opening of the newly remodeled museum in Miami on Saturday afternoon. This comes as pressure continues to mount for regime change. President Trump recently made comments at an event in Phoenix on Friday. “Very soon, this g…

As new Bay of Pigs museum opens in Miami, veterans of the assault ponder future of Cuba

Eduardo Zayas Bazán was one of the first members of Brigade 2506 to open fire when he landed on a southern Cuba beach on April 17, 1961. He was 25 and part of a group of determined Cuban exiles intent…

Veterans mark the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion with a new museum in Miami - WXXV News 25

By  DAVID FISCHER MIAMI (AP) — Manuel Portuondo was still a teenager in 1960 when his family, like thousands of others, fled Cuba for Miami, following the culmination of the Cuban Revolution a year earlier. Soon after, while still attending school, Portuondo learned of a military force of Cuban refugees being organized by the United States government. He and several classmates decided to enlist. “As an 18-year-old with a lot of ideals and a big…