{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bay of Pigs","description":"The Bay of Pigs invasion (Spanish: invasi\u00f3n de bah\u00eda de Cochinos; sometimes called invasi\u00f3n de playa Gir\u00f3n or batalla de Gir\u00f3n, after the Playa Gir\u00f3n) was a failed landing operation on the southwestern coast of Cuba in 1961 by Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. Covertly financed and directed by the U.S. government, the operation took place at the height of the Cold War and its failure led to major shifts in international relations between Cuba, the United States, and the Soviet Union. ","author_name":"Citation Needed","author_url":"http:\/\/citationpod.com","html":"