Attempts made on Castro's life since he came to power in 1959: 638 (according to Fabian Escalante, former Cuban security chief).
Quote attributed to Castro: "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal."
Selected CIA plots:
* The exploding cigar. Scientist contaminated Fidel's favourite brand with botulinum toxin, but the cigars were never delivered.
* The exploding conch. Exploiting Castro's love of scuba diving, the CIA planned to pack a mollusc with explosives and paint it in bright colours to attract Castro's attention.
* The poison wetsuit. Plans to send Castro scuba-diving equipment contaminated with deadly fungi were never followed through.
* The LSD. Agents planned to spray Castro's TV studio with the drug in an attempt to induce a humiliating psychedelic episode live on air.
* The lover. The CIA recruited a woman who was in a relationship with Castro. Agents gave her poison pills, which she hid in a jar of cream. She aborted the mission when they dissolved, but Castro, who was aware of the plot, handed her his gun. "I can't do it, Fidel," she told him
Rubbish. Never happened. Escalante never said such a thing.
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paul8kangas 2 months ago
@gungho10001 muslims,on the other hand, used the tecnology and won the revolution by gathing thousands of people. when the goverment took the internet off,it was too late already.cubans in miami ?overthrow the goverment ?im in for that, but the other thousands wont be.it's sad, but true, and im pissed.cubans here in the US will never make it on boats.it would be a lot better if we just pay a visit there and start the shit by surprise.but again, i dont see that happening
yandykun 9 months ago
@gungho10001 you seem to be very miss informed about cuba.the normal cuban is very ignorant, he/she doesnt know about internet,many still dont know what cellphones. the cuba goverment makes too much propaganda.every year they say the same crap about the US:"USA WILL INVADE US"and all that. they are too busy making propaganda about how little kids in the US have to work by washing cars to earn a few penies. the normal cuban is hungry,tired of all the thing he has to do each day.
yandykun 9 months ago
@gungho10001 you are a fucking piece of shit. i dare you try and say to get out of america asshole.wasting tax dollars ?fuck you, we work here and even harder than you. you are not american, you are a fucking redneck.
yandykun 9 months ago
jajaja!!!.
638 entre 52 es igual a mas de 12 intentos de asesinato al año!
Uno por cada mes!?
Me parece una cifra absurda.
casinero55 10 months ago
his in a better place right now killing zombies
alkalionpower 1 year ago 2
all i got to say is wow
patrickwright15 1 year ago