Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahia de (los) Cochinos) is a bay on the southern coast of Cuba. It is mostly known for a failed attempt at a US-backed invasion by Cuban exiles intent on overthrowing Fidel Castro, in 1961. See Bay of Pigs Invasion for more information. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.