Sixty-five years after 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles landed at Playa Girón and failed to overthrow Fidel Castro, one classified document — a CIA cable designated TX-1162 — has never been released. This episode tells the full story of Operation Zapata: the planning, Kennedy's last-minute cancellation of the crucial air strikes, three days of fighting in the swamp, and what the Bay of Pigs meant for Caribbean sovereignty for generations to come. History of the Caribbean brings you the stories the history books left out — subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts to never miss an episode.
In 1990, a televised coup attempt brought Trinidad and Tobago to its knees. But the smoke from the Red House was only the beginning....
This episode traces the Caribbean’s entry into the twentieth century as a period of awakening rather than arrival. Between nineteen hundred and nineteen thirty...
From the tin-roof ghettos of Kingston to liberation movements across the globe, reggae rose not as entertainment—but as prophecy. In this soul-shaking chapter, we...
