What if the Bay of Pigs invasion had succeeded?

In this recovered dossier from Delta-61, Cuban exile fighters land at Playa Girón with full American air support. Within 72 hours, Castro is overthrown. Parades fill Havana. The Cold War shifts. President Kennedy is hailed as a liberator.

But as one young soldier rises through the ranks of the new order, he begins to see what victory costs.

Told through the life of Néstor Torres, a mechanic’s son turned revolutionary guard, this episode traces the long shadow of a triumph that was never meant to last. From battlefield letters to state parades, courtroom trials to casino backrooms, Cuba Liberated chronicles fifty years of betrayal, fear, and inherited silence.

Because in this world, Cuba is free. Just not in the way they promised.

Delta-61: Cuba Liberated.

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