bay of pigs attempt to liberate cuba from the government to put out castro to a journalist charles pearson esquire magazine upon hearing of this news observed i can count on the fingers of one hand the number of accounts of the bay of pigs operation since 1962 that did not also contain the word fiasco why someone in 2020 would compile a dossier on a disastrous attempt to invade cuba as part of the preparation for a commando raid into venezuela is best left to broader thinkers than i am well we here are those broad thinkers let's break down those latest attempt to remove the democratically elected leader of venezuela from office and install mr corporate democracy itself one guy joe as we are joined by author and human rights attorney dan koval like an author and professor of latin american history from pomona college we go to go solace thank you both for joining me today. thank you so there's an incredible amount packed with this story and not a lot. time before so let's start with the basics ben as of this broadcast who do we know were the players involved in this botched operation beyond just the