CIA’s 634 failed assassination attempts on Fidel Castro

(For Nicholás Maduro)

These efforts began shortly after Castro’s 1959 revolution and persisted under US presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Richard Nixon (who oversaw 184 attempts), often involving Cuban exiles with CIA support.

Key failed plots include:

Exploding cigars and toxins: A cigar rigged to explode during Castro’s UN visit in New York; another contaminated with botulinum toxin… Continue reading