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Imperial Hubris Doomed Planning
- CIA planners displayed imperial hubris, assuming past covert successes would repeat in Cuba.
- That arrogance blinded them to local differences and inflated confidence in regime-change tactics.
Castro's Bay Of Pigs Connection
- Fidel Castro regularly visited the Zapata Swamp and built local ties by promising roads and sharing meals.
- A villager remembered sitting next to Castro and receiving a pair of white socks at Christmas 1959.
Poison Plot That Never Reached Castro
- Mafia-linked plots reached into Castro's inner circle via Juan Orta and restaurant contacts.
- The botulinum pills provided by the CIA never reached Castro because Orta fled and the contact failed.