Operation Zapata

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Operation Zapata was the U.S.-backed covert plan that led to the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by anti-Castro exile forces.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Intelligence Agency operation
covert operation
paramilitary operation
aimedAt overthrow of Fidel Castro
regime change in Cuba
approvedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
codeNameOrigin Zapata Oil Company association with George H. W. Bush (disputed)
countryOfOrigin United States
culminatedIn Bay of Pigs invasion
dateOfCulminatingEvent 1961-04-17
endTime 1961
hasAlternativeName Bay of Pigs invasion plan
Zapata Plan
hasComponent amphibious landing at Bay of Pigs
covert air strikes on Cuban targets
psychological warfare operations
training of Cuban exile forces
hasConsequence deterioration of U.S.–Cuba relations
embarrassment for the United States government
increased Soviet support for Cuba
strengthening of Fidel Castro's position in Cuba
hasLocation Bay of Pigs
Playa Girón
Playa Larga
hasParticipant Brigade 2506
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. military advisors
anti-Castro Cuban exiles
hasTargetCountry Cuba
modifiedBy John F. Kennedy administration
notableCommander CIA officer Jacob Esterline
CIA officer Richard M. Bissell Jr.
notableUnit Brigade 2506
opposedBy Fidel Castro
Government of Cuba
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
organisedBy Central Intelligence Agency
relatedTo Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution
result failure
startTime 1960
supportedBy United States government
trainingLocation Guatemala NERFINISHED
Nicaragua NERFINISHED
usedTactic covert action
paramilitary invasion
plausible deniability

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Brigade 2506
operationCodename

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