tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post4291271735082266284..comments2023-11-16T03:57:05.158-05:00Comments on The Cuban Triangle: TrinidadPhil Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724525896667349935noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-8198333318971349282011-12-08T03:29:48.717-05:002011-12-08T03:29:48.717-05:00Beautiful place. Another quick note on history, an...Beautiful place. Another quick note on history, and how President John F. Kennedy definitely spared the city some destruction in April 1961. <br /><br />Trinidad was the original landing site the CIA selected for the Bay of Pigs landing, before JFK insisted on moving it to a more secluded location with a landing strip (Which Trinidad did not have at the time). <br />The invasion location was moved about 70 km west, and we got the name "Bay of Pigs".<br /><br />If things had remained at Trinidad, the invasion may just have succeeded (If you define success as helping the invading force land, establish a beach head and connect with anti- Castro forces, who were already nearby in the Sierra Escambray mountains). <br /><br />Of course, we would have a different name for the whole fiasco. I guess Ancon Beach does not sound as interesting as "The Bay of Pigs."Antoniohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362254296359835033noreply@blogger.com