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Fidel Castro

An eternal revolutionary

In a Cuba that is slowly moving further and further away from communism, a Cuban veteran is stuck in the past.

The failure of the Bay of Pigs

When John F. Kennedy incited Cuban refugees to the invasion of Pig Bay just over 40 years ago, the CIA believed the "liberators" would be greeted by cheering Cubans. That's not how it went, says Arnljot Løseth, associate professor of history at Volda University College.