The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
February 18, 2009

Guatemala Apologizes to Cuba for Bay of Pigs
--------------------------------------------



Guatemala has issued a formal apology to Cuba for taking part in the US
“Bay of Pigs” invasion of 1961. The Kennedy administration used
Guatemalan soil to train the group of militants used in the ultimately
failed attack. On Tuesday, Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom said he
wished to “officially ask Cuba for forgiveness.” The US has never
apologized for the Bay of Pigs invasion.



.