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    Playa Girón - Wikipedia

    Note: "Playa Girón" is also the title of a song included in the album "Días y Flores", by Silvio Rodriguez. Playa Girón ([ˈplaʝa xiˈɾon]; "Girón beach") is a beach and village on the east bank of the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), which is located in the province of Matanzas, on the southern coast of Cuba. It is part of … See more

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    Playa Girón is located in one of the largest wetlands in the world, the Ciénaga de Zapata (Zapata Swamp). The adjoining village of Girón was named after the notorious French pirate See more

    Bay of Pigs Invasion
    In April 1961, Playa Girón was one of two landing sites for seaborne forces of about 1,500 armed Cuban exiles in the See more

    The Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodríguez composed a song called Playa Girón, dedicated to the fishermen in a boat with that name in which he worked from 1969 to 1970. This song was later included in the album Dias y Flores (Days & Flowers), published in 1975. … See more

    • Rodriguez, Juan Carlos. 1999. Bay of Pigs and the CIA. Ocean Press. Melbourne. ISBN 1-875284-98-2 See more

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  2. Playa Girón travel - Lonely Planet | Cuba, Caribbean

    WEBFeb 6, 2015 · Cuba, Caribbean. The sandy arc of Playa Girón nestles peacefully on the eastern side of the infamous Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), backed by one of those gloriously old-fashioned Cuban villages …

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    WEBApr 10, 2024 · Bay of Pigs invasion, abortive invasion of Cuba at the Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs), or Playa Giron (Giron Beach) to Cubans, on April 17, 1961, by some 1,500 Cuban exiles opposed to Fidel Castro. …

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    WEBPlaya Giron. Plan Your Trip to Playa Giron: Best of Playa Giron Tourism. Find flight deals to Playa Giron. Search, compare, filter and read reviews to find the right flight for you. Start searching. Essential Playa Giron. Do. …

  10. Remembering the Bay of Pigs invasion | History | Al …

    WEBApr 16, 2015 · Features | History. Remembering the Bay of Pigs invasion. Fifty-four years after the failed CIA operation, Cubans there on Giron beach recount the botched raid. Fidel Castro talks to Cuban...