What the records say
- When
- 3 Apr 1959 – 1 May 1959
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 8.62° N, 80.37° W
- Description
- 1959 invasion
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Cuban invasion of Panama
1959 failed military invasion
The Cuban invasion of Panama was a military operation carried out in April 1959 in which Cuban troops, along with some Panamanian guerrillas, sought to initiate a revolution in Panama modeled after the Cuban example. The mission was led by Panamanian Enrique Morales in support of a coup attempt by Roberto Arias.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “se inicia la invasión cubana a Panamá”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page