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Museum in Washington, D.C. I'm Dr. Vince Hote, the museum's historian and curator.

Every month, the museum brings you interesting talks

with authors, scholars, and practitioners who live in the world of global espionage.

Join us as we take a closer look at the secret world of intelligence. For today's podcast I traveled to Miami, Florida, the home of the museum dedicated to

the 2506 Assault Brigade. Located in Miami's Little Havana

neighborhood, the museum, popularly known as the Bay of pigs Museum, is a

must visit for anyone interested in this era of intelligence history. I sat down with the president of the museum, Felix Rodriguez,

whose long career in intelligence both working for and outside of the CIA

spans over three decades.

The following is part one of this spy cast.

So you were a teenager, you weren't particularly old when Castro came to power inside Cuba.

There's been debates by historians, whether Cuban historians or American or anybody else,

about how communist Castro actually was from the very beginning.

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