Bay of Pigs

Eisenhower had already set up the take-down of Fidel Castro using CIA agents. Kennedy wanted no direct intervention, and instead provided arms and supplies for the anti-Castro rebels (1200 exiles). The attack proved a dismal failure, as Kennedy refused to supply crucial support to the uprising. In the end, all of the exiles were captured or killed, and the U.S. paid a ransom of 62 million in pharmaceuticals and other supplies to the Cuban government. This attack proved nothing and deterred the Cubans even more forcefully to the Soviet side.