Kennedy was to assume criticism for the the Bay of Pigs incident.
On April 17, 1961, 1400 Cuban exiles launched a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro assumed the power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
The Bay of Pigs Invasion constituted a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. The United States aimed to eliminate Castro for his insistence on communism and brutality.