New Florida law mandates students of all ages learn about communism

April 17, 1961 is a day Felix Rodriguez says he'll never forget. He was one of the nearly 1,500 Cuban exiles involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion. That's when the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) carried out a years-long plan to overthrow Fidel Castro. The U.S. government trained Cuban exiles for an invasion of their homeland. They hoped to see a non-communist shift to Cuba, one that would work alongside the U.S.