Place: Bay of Pigs

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

business

Staking your money in a risky financial world

After a turbulent start to the year in financial markets, packed with fear- inducing headlines, it is little surprise that people might feel nervous about what lies ahead. 

travel

Farmlands, crystal clear waters, mojitos, rum, music — all in a day’s cycling in Cuba

comment-analysis

Teetering on the edge: The Cuban missile crisis

world

Tapes reveal JFK’s last days

world

How Roosevelt and Kennedy fared in three months

world

Hurricane alert as storm heads for Florida

Hurricane Mary crosses Atlantic to brew up a storm

THE Education Minister stormed into the chamber with the force of Hurricane Mary fresh from harassing the Florida Keys.

Wed, 20 Feb, 2008

Key moments in Cuba’s history under Castro

January 1, 1959 — Dictator Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba and Fidel Castro’s rebels take power.

Wed, 20 Feb, 2008

JFK could have taught our lot how to accept political responsibility

THIS week marked the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy.

Sat, 26 Nov, 2005

Kerry rips into Bush over Iraqi explosives

DEMOCRATIC challenger John Kerry turned President Bush’s own words into a weapon yesterday and said it was the Republican incumbent who had jumped to conclusions in Iraq, disqualifying him from being commander-in-chief.

Fri, 29 Oct, 2004

Rivals slug it out in chase for swingstate votes

In a stinging exchange, President Bush criticised Democratic challenger John Kerry as “the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time” today.

Thu, 28 Oct, 2004

US voters and the puzzle of Tin Man versus Scarecrow

JOHN ZOGBY, one of America’s leading pollsters, has a novel way of getting to the underlying dynamics of this closely contested campaign.

Wed, 27 Oct, 2004

Kennedy still an inspirational figure

IT was exactly 12.30pm when the shots rang out and John F Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States of America, slumped forward in the open-top limousine carrying him through the streets of Dallas.

Sat, 22 Nov, 2003

JFK was great for Irish-America, but his political legacy is debatable

MOST people who are old enough remember where they were this day 40 years ago. I was heading for Des Moines, Iowa, when a couple of women got on the bus.

Sat, 22 Nov, 2003

Democracy is being used as a badge of legitimacy for self-gain

THE Americans are promising democracy in Iraq, but at the same time they are saying that they are not going to allow a fundamentalist regime come to power there.

Sat, 03 May, 2003

American attack on Iraq would be a shameful strike against democracy

IN the history of the world, no democratic country has ever deliberately initiated a full-scale war with another country.

Tue, 13 Aug, 2002

Cuban officials view hurricane devastation

Cuban officials who travelled to regions hit by Hurricane Michelle have found vast destruction, with sugar mills wrecked, crops ruined and hundreds of homes destroyed.

Thu, 08 Nov, 2001

Killer hurricane blacks out Cuba

Hurricane Michelle roared across Cuba today as the government shut down power and evacuated 750,000 people from the path of a storm which generated gusts of up to 130 mph.

Mon, 05 Nov, 2001