Some realities made Iranians would not believe that Washington had only humanitarian motives for its action to admit the ailing and deposed Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi into the United States, John Limbert former US embassy staff to Tehran wrote in an article.
Sixty years after the Bay of Pigs invasion - the failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba - the island continues to celebrate its victory while the invaders who survived live on in the US with the satisfaction of having done their duty. BBC Mundo examines the military plan and the reality of what unfolded.
Johnny López de la Cruz feels deprived of air. Locked up in a lorry with more than 100 other prisoners, he can barely breathe.
Inside the vehicle, the detainees are getting desperate. They sweat. Several faint.