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    The Bay of Pigs Invasion (Spanish: Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos, sometimes called Invasión de Playa Girón or Batalla de Playa Girón after the Playa Girón)...
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    In Cuban Spanish, cochinos may also mean the queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula), which inhabit coral reefs in Bahía de Cochinos, in addition to the...
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    IFLA". Retrieved 2023-11-02. Betancourt, Virginia (April 4, 2011). Bahía de Cochinos. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781460972625 –...
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    municipal seat is located at Playa Larga, at the northern end of the Bahia de Cochinos ("Bay of Pigs"). A large part of the municipality is protected as...
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    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...
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    404 ft) deep Cayman Trench. The islands are part of the Islas de la Bahía y Cayos Cochinos Important Bird Area (IBA), designated as such by BirdLife International...
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  • Pigs (Spanish: Bahia de Cochinos), a small nondescript bay on the Gulf of Cazones, was the location of the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion, a failed attempt...
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    requested, the landing was no longer at Trinidad. Instead he selected Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs). This was 80 miles from the Escambray Mountains. What...
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    Uvita Island  Guatemala  Honduras Islas de la Bahía Cayos Cochinos Guanaja Roatán Swan Islands Útila Cayos Cochinos Cayo Gorda Bobel Cay  Nicaragua Corn...
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    Ospina Peña, Las Elecciones Presidenciales de 1960 Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, La Bahía de Cochinos Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine...
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