The United States was not justified in invading Cuba through the Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961, because it conflicted with domestic affairs of a sovereign nation. Fidel Castro rose to power through guerrilla warfare, and Americans hated him because of his communist tendencies. Americans were concerned that the Russians were helping the Cubans during the Cold War. While Fidel Castro ruled Cuba, he instituted a socialist government that dramatically changed Cuba from when dictator Batista was in power. Castro visited the United States three times between the late 1940s and early 1960s. The first visit, in 1949, was to New York on his honeymoon, where he studied English and bought a Lincoln car. His second visit, in 1959, after his defeat by Batista, was a public relations tour under the guise of being invited to speak at the American Newspaper Editors' Conference in New York. Before the trip, he spoke with a public relations firm about how to polish his image. He constantly repeated that he was not a communist: “He never was and never will be.” (page 16, Jim Rasenberger} He met thousands of admiring fans and developed a love affair with the American people. His third trip, in 1960, cast a dark shadow over his friendship with the United States, with a venomous speech at the United Nations. coordinated with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Cuba was considered the closest threat to U.S. economic interests, just 90 miles offshore. The CIA, under the leadership of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. , began planning an invasion plan elaborated to be secret and foolproof, but the battle plans were leaked to Castro who knew the invasion site and training site in Guatemala of the Exiles' "Brigade". Cubans on April 17, 196...... middle of paper .. ....da protected America and other Latin American countries through its diplomacy The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failure. both political and military planned over two presidential terms. It was based on fear of the spread of communism during the Cold War and a power play. by the United States and Russia. The Bay of Pigs invasion was a cruel display of American imperialism using innocent Cuban exiles who desperately wanted their country back. It cost the United States more than $53 million and the lives of Americans and exiled Cuban-American citizens from the Invasion Brigade. An insightful quote from President Kennedy was: “How could I have been so stupid…?” (7, Wyden) The Bay of Pigs showed the world that the United States would lie about covert operations and invade sovereign countries for the benefit of the United States. Currently, the United States continues to interfere in other international sovereign states..