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[–] [email protected] 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was told by Lemmy comrades that Cuba has never done any wrong!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Land a plane with 56 soldiers to start invasion

56 soldiers dead

The VDV would be proud

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

I think that's where they got their inspiration

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

And they were right to try. Trujillo was a monster.

Edit: and also the invasion catalyzed the assassination of Trujillo

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that's a nasty military failure, but the Cuban communists were not the bad guys in that period, relative to the other powers in Latin America. I don't actually know anything about Trujillo, but I bet I can make good guesses about what kind of leader he was.

[–] meeeeetch 18 points 4 months ago

He was said to have the best fed sharks in the Caribbean. Political dissidents had a tendency to disappear during his reign.

[–] MataVatnik 9 points 4 months ago

Didnt Che try the same bullshit in Colombia or something to similar effect?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Wasn't Trujillo housing Batista and supporting his return to power?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Aren't those abysmal numbers to attempt an invasion? Were they banking on overwhelming local support?

[–] Godric 4 points 4 months ago

Indeed they were. They overestimated it.