{"id":2123,"date":"1961-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1961-02-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2123"},"modified":"1961-02-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1961-02-01T00:00:00","slug":"183211961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/02\/01\/183211961\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/1\/1961"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;FEB 1-5, 1961: In another act of sabotage, a tobacco warehouse burns down in Cuba; losses are estimated at 12 million pesos. Three bombs explode in Havana and one in Santa Clara. Three people are arrested for the Havana bombings\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,&#8221; The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;FEB 1-5, 1961: In another act of sabotage, a tobacco warehouse burns down in Cuba; losses are estimated at 12 million pesos. Three bombs explode in Havana and one in Santa Clara. Three people are arrested for the Havana bombings\u2026\u201d &#8220;The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,&#8221; The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/02\/01\/183211961\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 2\/1\/1961<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-2123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2009,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/03\/04\/211341961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2123,"position":0},"title":"3\/4\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 4, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\"MAR 4-5, 1961: Sabotage of a French ship, La Coubre, in Havana harbor, carrying arms for Cuba, kills about 100 people and wounds some 300. 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