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Cuba marked the 50th anniversary of the Fidel Castro-led victory over CIA-backed exiles at the Bay of Pigs with a large military parade.

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Cuban soldiers salute during a military parade in Havana's Revolution Square April 16, 2011. Cuba readied for a Communist Party congress about its future with a tribute to the past on Saturday, staging a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism.DESMOND BOYLAN/Reuters

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Delegates enter to the sixth congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) beside a portrait of former Cuban leader and party Secretary General Fidel Castro in Havana April 16, 2011. Cuba started a Communist Party congress about its future with a tribute to the past on Saturday, staging a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism.DESMOND BOYLAN/Reuters

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People wave Cuban flags on a roof during a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism in Havana April 16, 2011. Cuba readied for a Communist Party congress about its future with a tribute to the past on Saturday, staging a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism. Troops marched through Havana and fighter jets roared across the sky to mark the two watershed events that will be followed by another later in the day when the ruling Communists begin a four-day congress.STR/Reuters

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A boy dressed as a Cuban soldier and his mother attend the parade commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs failed invasion along the Plaza de la Revolucion or Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, Saturday April 16, 2011. Cuba kicked off a crucial Communist Party congress Saturday with the parade to mark 50 years since the defeat of CIA-backed exiles at the Bay of Pigs.Franklin Reyes/The Associated Press

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Cuban troops march during a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism in Havana April 16, 2011. Cuba readied for a Communist Party congress about its future with a tribute to the past on Saturday, staging a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism. Troops marched through Havana and fighter jets roared across the sky to mark the two watershed events that will be followed by another later in the day when the ruling Communists begin a four-day congress.ENRIQUE DE LA OSA/Reuters

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Cuban military fire a canon during the festivites commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs failed invasion at the Plaza de la Revolucion or Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, Saturday April 16, 2011. Cuba kicked off a crucial Communist Party congress Saturday with a parade to mark 50 years since the defeat of CIA-backed exiles at the Bay of Pigs.Franklin Reyes/The Associated Press

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Cuban soldiers carry rocket propelled grenade launchers during a military parade in Havana's Revolution Square April 16, 2011. Cuba readied for a Communist Party congress about its future with a tribute to the past on Saturday, staging a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism.DESMOND BOYLAN/Reuters

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A woman smokes a cigar while marching in the parade commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs failed invasion along the Plaza de la Revolucion or Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, Saturday April 16, 2011. Cuba kicked off a crucial Communist Party congress Saturday with the parade to mark 50 years since the defeat of CIA-backed exiles at the Bay of Pigs.Franklin Reyes/The Associated Press

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A youth holds a picture of Cuban former president Fidel Castro during a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism in Havana April 16, 2011. Cuba readied for a Communist Party congress about its future with a tribute to the past on Saturday, staging a military parade for the 50th anniversaries of the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion and the declaration of Cuban socialism. Troops marched through Havana and fighter jets roared across the sky to mark the two watershed events that will be followed by another later in the day when the ruling Communists begin a four-day congress.ENRIQUE DE LA OSA/Reuters

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