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    Guatemala Apologizes to Cuba for Allowing CIA to Train Exiles for Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologized to Cuba on Tuesday for his country's having allowed the CIA to train exiles in the Central American country for the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion."Today I want to ask Cuba's forgiveness for having offered our country, our territory, to prepare an invasion of Cuba," Colom said during a speech at the University of Havana. "It wasn't us, but it was our territory."He added that he wished to apologize "as president and head of state, and as commander in chief of the Guatemalan army."About 1,500 Cuban exiles trained under CIA guidance in Guatemala before invading the island beginning April 17, 1961, in an unsuccessful bid to overthrow Fidel Castro's communist government.The invasion ended after less than three days, with about 100 invaders killed and more than 1,000 captured by Cuban forces.Colom, whose government is considered center-leftist, said he was asking Cuba's forgiveness as "a sign of solidarity and that times are changing," and to "reaffirm...

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