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Grayson Bakich
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April 18, 2025

Rubio Commemorates Bay of Pigs

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has commemorated the anniversary of the Assault Brigade 2506’s (Brigade 2506) involvement in the Bay of Pigs invasion. 

Brigade 2506 was a military special operations group designed by former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to lead a military revolution against Communist Dictator Fidel Castro’s government.

During ‘Operation Zapata’, also known as the Bay of Pigs invasion, Brigade 2506 landed on the southwestern coast of Cuba to begin military operations against Dictator Castro. 

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The Snakebite is written by Grayson Bakich and Javier Manjarres

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Grayson Bakich

Grayson Bakich

Florida born and raised, Grayson Bakich is a recent recipient of a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the University of Central Florida. His thesis examined recent trends in political polarization and how this leads into justification of violence.

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