CUBA
Matanzas Province
PLAYA GIRON
The "Taco's & Toucan's" Trip
Museo Giron
Thursday April 25th, 2019
Today’s scheduled highlight was a drive out to the area made infamous by the failed CIA backed Cuban exile armed Bay Of Pigs Invasion. More expressly it was the Museo Giron, where the Cubans have created a museum proclaiming the victory over the “CIA supported bandits”.
To be honest, I struggled with the visit due to the seemingly one sided commentary, that lays the blame for the Bay Of Pigs armed action squarely at the feet of the United States. Contrastingly, history has shown the Soviet superpower was pulling strings and supplying arms and intelligence from the shadows, but the only mention of any Russian influence was that of students manning newly delivered Soviet artillery weapons during the action.
The adage of “to the victor goes the spoils” and “the conquerer writes their own history” seems to hold some sway with a few sites I've visited so far, but Cuba is certainly not alone in the that endeavour.
