Myriad of ways the CIA tried (and failed) to assassinate Fidel CastroRTThe father of the Cuban Revolution remains unbeaten by his foes even in death. We look over the most dramatic assassination plots on El Comandante   from character-assassinations by way of LSD, to Italian mobsters, tuberculosis wetsuit, and exploding cigar. If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal,  Castro is famously quoted as saying. Cuba s ex-intelligence chief Fabian Escalante   the person tasked with guarding Fidel s life   puts the number of attempts at 638. The man also claimed to Reuters in a 2010 interview that the John F. Kennedy assassination could well have been an attempt to expedite the process of removing Castro from power: the American president, some said, was not doing enough. Of course, by the time of Kennedy s 1963 shooting death in Dallas, Texas, there had already been numerous attempts on Castro s life   intended to bolster Kennedy s own reputation back home as a strong president, with his administration exerting great pressure on the CIA to take care of it. It is fitting then to start at the beginning.When a sizable cache of classified CIA documents, amicably called  Family Jewels,  was finally released in 2007, Cuban communists felt a sense of vindication, finally gaining the ability to publicly accuse the United States government of what they claimed was already common knowledge.In the summer of 1960, the CIA recruited former FBI agent Robert Maheu. He became the go-between from the agency to two prominent Italian gangsters on the FBI s Ten Most Wanted List   Santo Trafficante of the Miami Syndicate, and Salvatore Giancana   Al Capone s successor in Chicago. They were gotten hold of by way of Las Vegas mobster Johnny Roselli. A payment of $150,000 was on the table. According to the declassified documents, Giancana suggested using poisoned pills   six of them. But despite gaining access to officials inside the Cuban government, the plan had been unsuccessful, and was later scrapped in the run-up to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. It is said the agency was able to retrieve all the poison pills.The closest the Americans got to killing Castro was with a poisoned chocolate milkshake, Escalante claimed to Reuters. According to the 2007 documents, another batch of poison was delivered through the Mafia in 1963 in a bottle of Bayer aspirin pills. An opposition group, it was believed, had a good chance. But the plot failed when a disguised waiter did not manage to lace Castro s milkshake in the cafeteria of the then-Hilton Hotel (now Havana Libre), as the pill got stuck in the freezer   where it was hidden   and broke apart when the assassin attempted to dislodge it from the wall.This was not just about spiking drinks or cigars. The CIA went all-out. After a failed attempt to embarrass El Comandante by having his beard fall out due to boots spiked with chemicals, the agency had opted for a box of cigars spiked with LSD. The plan was to have Castro burst into laughter during a televised interview, thus subjecting him to ridicule in the public eye. But it was not just cigars. The CIA planned to lace the entire studio. This plot was not implemented, but was high in the running for ways to spark a national uprising against Castro.The CIA had back-paddled on another of its ingenious plans to kill Castro, leading to the poisoned scuba gear idea. The agency knew the revolutionary was an avid diver. The plan had been to attract El Comandante with a sea shell practically impossible to miss, having been painted in colors bright enough to attract him. Castro would swim closer to inspect it, whereupon a lethal amount of explosives would detonate. But the idea was aborted due to impracticality, the declassified documents claimed. So the spies went the more practical way: lacing Castro s scuba gear with tuberculosis to trigger a deadly skin disease. The man who was supposed to give Castro the suit had opted to give him an ordinary one, it turned out.According to a Saturday Evening Post report on November 4, 1967, a CIA agent had approached a New York cop with the idea of handing Castro an exploding cigar during a UN meeting. That was reportedly after the plan to poison the cigar had been abandoned. This was despite the poison having already been injected into the cigar, with the CIA dismissing the person tasked with carrying the plan out in the final stages.However, the exploding-cigar plan also failed due to the double agent changing his mind at the last instant.ne of Castro s many lovers   CIA informant Marita Lorenz, was also tasked with poisoning Castro in a daring operation involving a secret unit tasked with the assassination   Operation 40. According to the FBI, Lorenz had become a  contract agent  for the CIA, and willingly accepted the task of assassinating him following a miscarriage or an abortion   a story she told in 1959. Castro s reaction to her not having the child had reportedly enraged her so much, she had eagerly taken up the task. And so she met with CIA double agent Frank Sturgis in 1960, who had handed her a bottle of poison pills.Lorenz was to drop one into her lover s drink, containing enough poison to kill him within 30 seconds. But as with the countless other attempts, it did not succeed because Lorenz herself could not go through with it. The mission was wrought with pitfalls. According to Ann Louise Bardoch s  Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana,  Lorenz recalled that  They said,  we want you to take him out.  But,  I knew the minute I saw the outline of Havana I couldn t do it. Even then, she had made the mistake of stashing the pills in her pot of cold cream, in fear of being discovered by customs. The substance had stuck to the pills, and Lorenz couldn t unmix the two. As she attempted to flush the pills down the toilet, Castro  who had got wind of the plot   walked in with a cigar. He removed his handgun from the holster, and handed it to Lorenz with the words:  Did you come to kill me?  According to Lorenz, he handed her the gun and puffed on his cigar with his eyes closed. He made himself vulnerable because he knew I couldn t do it. He still loved me and I still loved him. She feared the CIA would kill her for being with Castro after the foiled assassination attempt. Upon her return to Miami, Lorenz never again met with Castro. Later, however, she had a daughter with another Latin American military leader, Venezuela s Marcos Perez Jimenez.According to Escalante, it was the Cuban revolutionary s vigilance and the efforts of his security apparatus that kept him alive all those years. Numerous books have been written on the matter.READ MORE CUBA NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire Cuba FilesUS_News
myriad ways cia tried failed assassinate fide castrortthe father cuban revolution remains unbeaten foes even death we look dramatic assassination plots el commandant way lsd italian mobsters tuberculosis wetsuit exploding cigar if surviving assassination attempts olympic event i would win gold medal castro famously quoted saying cuba chief cabin escalate person tasked guarding fide life puts number attempts the man also claimed reuters interview john kennedy assassination could well attempt expedite process removing castro power american president said enough of course time kennedy shooting death dallas texas already numerous attempts castro life intended bolster kennedy reputation back home strong president administration existing great pressure cia take care it fitting start sizable cache classified cia documents amicably called family jewels finally released cuban communists felt sense indication finally gaining ability publicly accuse united states government claimed already common summer cia recruited former fbi agent robert made he became agency two prominent italian gangsters fbi ten most wanted list santo trafficante miami syndicate salvador giancana al alone successor chicago they gotten hold way las vegas mobster johnny roselli a payment table according declassified documents giancana suggested using poisoned pills six but despite gaining access officials inside cuban government plan unsuccessful later scrapped failed bay pigs invasion it said agency able retrieve poison closest americans got killing castro poisoned chocolate milkshake escalate claimed reuters according documents another batch poison delivered mafia bottle bayer aspirin pills an opposition group believed good chance but plot failed disguised waiter manage lace castro milkshake cafeteria hotel having libre pill got stuck freezer hidden broke apart assassin attempted dislodge spring drinks cigars the cia went after failed attempt embarrass el commandant beard fall due boots spiked chemicals agency opted box cigars spiked lsd the plan castro burst laughter televised interview thus subjective ridicule public eye but cigars the cia planned lace entire studio this plot implemented high running ways spark national uprising cia another ingenious plans kill castro leading poisoned scuba gear idea the agency knew revolutionary avid diver the plan attract el commandant sea shell practically impossible miss painted colors bright enough attract castro would swim closer inspect whereupon lethal amount explosives would detonate but idea aborted due impracticality declassified documents claimed so spies went practical way racing castro scuba gear tuberculosis trigger deadly skin disease the man supposed give castro suit opted give ordinary one turned saturday evening post report november cia agent approached new york cop idea handing castro exploding cigar un meeting that reportedly plan poison cigar abandoned this despite poison already injected cigar cia dismissing person tasked carrying plan final plan also failed due double agent changing mind last castro many lovers cia informant maria lorenzo also tasked poisoning castro daring operation involving secret unit tasked assassination operation according fbi lorenzo become contract agent cia willingly accepted task assassination following miscarriage abortion story told castro reaction child reportedly enraged much eagerly taken task and met cia double agent frank surges handed bottle poison drop one lover drink containing enough poison kill within seconds but countless attempts succeed lorenzo could go the mission wrought pitfalls according ann louise brooch cuba confidential love vengeance miami having lorenzo recalled they said want take but i knew minute i saw outline having i even made mistake smashing pills pot cold cream fear discovered customs the substance stuck pills lorenzo unix two as attempted flush pills toilet castro got wind plot walked cigar he removed handgun bolster handed lorenzo words did come kill according lorenzo handed gun pulled cigar eyes closed he made vulnerable knew i he still loved i still loved she feared cia would kill castro foiled assassination attempt upon return miami lorenzo never met castro later however daughter another latin american military leader venezuela marcos perez escalate cuban revolutionary vigilance efforts security apparatus kept alive years numerous books written more cuba news at century wire cuba files_news
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Myriad of ways the CIA tried (and failed) to assassinate Fidel CastroRTThe father of the Cuban Revolution remains unbeaten by his foes even in death. We look over the most dramatic assassination plots on El Comandante   from character-assassinations by way of LSD, to Italian mobsters, tuberculosis wetsuit, and exploding cigar. If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal,  Castro is famously quoted as saying. Cuba s ex-intelligence chief Fabian Escalante   the person tasked with guarding Fidel s life   puts the number of attempts at 638. The man also claimed to Reuters in a 2010 interview that the John F. Kennedy assassination could well have been an attempt to expedite the process of removing Castro from power: the American president, some said, was not doing enough. Of course, by the time of Kennedy s 1963 shooting death in Dallas, Texas, there had already been numerous attempts on Castro s life   intended to bolster Kennedy s own reputation back home as a strong president, with his administration exerting great pressure on the CIA to take care of it. It is fitting then to start at the beginning.When a sizable cache of classified CIA documents, amicably called  Family Jewels,  was finally released in 2007, Cuban communists felt a sense of vindication, finally gaining the ability to publicly accuse the United States government of what they claimed was already common knowledge.In the summer of 1960, the CIA recruited former FBI agent Robert Maheu. He became the go-between from the agency to two prominent Italian gangsters on the FBI s Ten Most Wanted List   Santo Trafficante of the Miami Syndicate, and Salvatore Giancana   Al Capone s successor in Chicago. They were gotten hold of by way of Las Vegas mobster Johnny Roselli. A payment of $150,000 was on the table. According to the declassified documents, Giancana suggested using poisoned pills   six of them. But despite gaining access to officials inside the Cuban government, the plan had been unsuccessful, and was later scrapped in the run-up to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. It is said the agency was able to retrieve all the poison pills.The closest the Americans got to killing Castro was with a poisoned chocolate milkshake, Escalante claimed to Reuters. According to the 2007 documents, another batch of poison was delivered through the Mafia in 1963 in a bottle of Bayer aspirin pills. An opposition group, it was believed, had a good chance. But the plot failed when a disguised waiter did not manage to lace Castro s milkshake in the cafeteria of the then-Hilton Hotel (now Havana Libre), as the pill got stuck in the freezer   where it was hidden   and broke apart when the assassin attempted to dislodge it from the wall.This was not just about spiking drinks or cigars. The CIA went all-out. After a failed attempt to embarrass El Comandante by having his beard fall out due to boots spiked with chemicals, the agency had opted for a box of cigars spiked with LSD. The plan was to have Castro burst into laughter during a televised interview, thus subjecting him to ridicule in the public eye. But it was not just cigars. The CIA planned to lace the entire studio. This plot was not implemented, but was high in the running for ways to spark a national uprising against Castro.The CIA had back-paddled on another of its ingenious plans to kill Castro, leading to the poisoned scuba gear idea. The agency knew the revolutionary was an avid diver. The plan had been to attract El Comandante with a sea shell practically impossible to miss, having been painted in colors bright enough to attract him. Castro would swim closer to inspect it, whereupon a lethal amount of explosives would detonate. But the idea was aborted due to impracticality, the declassified documents claimed. So the spies went the more practical way: lacing Castro s scuba gear with tuberculosis to trigger a deadly skin disease. The man who was supposed to give Castro the suit had opted to give him an ordinary one, it turned out.According to a Saturday Evening Post report on November 4, 1967, a CIA agent had approached a New York cop with the idea of handing Castro an exploding cigar during a UN meeting. That was reportedly after the plan to poison the cigar had been abandoned. This was despite the poison having already been injected into the cigar, with the CIA dismissing the person tasked with carrying the plan out in the final stages.However, the exploding-cigar plan also failed due to the double agent changing his mind at the last instant.ne of Castro s many lovers   CIA informant Marita Lorenz, was also tasked with poisoning Castro in a daring operation involving a secret unit tasked with the assassination   Operation 40. According to the FBI, Lorenz had become a  contract agent  for the CIA, and willingly accepted the task of assassinating him following a miscarriage or an abortion   a story she told in 1959. Castro s reaction to her not having the child had reportedly enraged her so much, she had eagerly taken up the task. And so she met with CIA double agent Frank Sturgis in 1960, who had handed her a bottle of poison pills.Lorenz was to drop one into her lover s drink, containing enough poison to kill him within 30 seconds. But as with the countless other attempts, it did not succeed because Lorenz herself could not go through with it. The mission was wrought with pitfalls. According to Ann Louise Bardoch s  Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana,  Lorenz recalled that  They said,  we want you to take him out.  But,  I knew the minute I saw the outline of Havana I couldn t do it. Even then, she had made the mistake of stashing the pills in her pot of cold cream, in fear of being discovered by customs. The substance had stuck to the pills, and Lorenz couldn t unmix the two. As she attempted to flush the pills down the toilet, Castro  who had got wind of the plot   walked in with a cigar. He removed his handgun from the holster, and handed it to Lorenz with the words:  Did you come to kill me?  According to Lorenz, he handed her the gun and puffed on his cigar with his eyes closed. He made himself vulnerable because he knew I couldn t do it. He still loved me and I still loved him. She feared the CIA would kill her for being with Castro after the foiled assassination attempt. Upon her return to Miami, Lorenz never again met with Castro. Later, however, she had a daughter with another Latin American military leader, Venezuela s Marcos Perez Jimenez.According to Escalante, it was the Cuban revolutionary s vigilance and the efforts of his security apparatus that kept him alive all those years. Numerous books have been written on the matter.READ MORE CUBA NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire Cuba FilesUS_News
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: myriad ways cia tried failed assassinate fide castrortthe father cuban revolution remains unbeaten foes even death we look dramatic assassination plots el commandant way lsd italian mobsters tuberculosis wetsuit exploding cigar if surviving assassination attempts olympic event i would win gold medal castro famously quoted saying cuba chief cabin escalate person tasked guarding fide life puts number attempts the man also claimed reuters interview john kennedy assassination could well attempt expedite process removing castro power american president said enough of course time kennedy shooting death dallas texas already numerous attempts castro life intended bolster kennedy reputation back home strong president administration existing great pressure cia take care it fitting start sizable cache classified cia documents amicably called family jewels finally released cuban communists felt sense indication finally gaining ability publicly accuse united states government claimed already common summer cia recruited former fbi agent robert made he became agency two prominent italian gangsters fbi ten most wanted list santo trafficante miami syndicate salvador giancana al alone successor chicago they gotten hold way las vegas mobster johnny roselli a payment table according declassified documents giancana suggested using poisoned pills six but despite gaining access officials inside cuban government plan unsuccessful later scrapped failed bay pigs invasion it said agency able retrieve poison closest americans got killing castro poisoned chocolate milkshake escalate claimed reuters according documents another batch poison delivered mafia bottle bayer aspirin pills an opposition group believed good chance but plot failed disguised waiter manage lace castro milkshake cafeteria hotel having libre pill got stuck freezer hidden broke apart assassin attempted dislodge spring drinks cigars the cia went after failed attempt embarrass el commandant beard fall due boots spiked chemicals agency opted box cigars spiked lsd the plan castro burst laughter televised interview thus subjective ridicule public eye but cigars the cia planned lace entire studio this plot implemented high running ways spark national uprising cia another ingenious plans kill castro leading poisoned scuba gear idea the agency knew revolutionary avid diver the plan attract el commandant sea shell practically impossible miss painted colors bright enough attract castro would swim closer inspect whereupon lethal amount explosives would detonate but idea aborted due impracticality declassified documents claimed so spies went practical way racing castro scuba gear tuberculosis trigger deadly skin disease the man supposed give castro suit opted give ordinary one turned saturday evening post report november cia agent approached new york cop idea handing castro exploding cigar un meeting that reportedly plan poison cigar abandoned this despite poison already injected cigar cia dismissing person tasked carrying plan final plan also failed due double agent changing mind last castro many lovers cia informant maria lorenzo also tasked poisoning castro daring operation involving secret unit tasked assassination operation according fbi lorenzo become contract agent cia willingly accepted task assassination following miscarriage abortion story told castro reaction child reportedly enraged much eagerly taken task and met cia double agent frank surges handed bottle poison drop one lover drink containing enough poison kill within seconds but countless attempts succeed lorenzo could go the mission wrought pitfalls according ann louise brooch cuba confidential love vengeance miami having lorenzo recalled they said want take but i knew minute i saw outline having i even made mistake smashing pills pot cold cream fear discovered customs the substance stuck pills lorenzo unix two as attempted flush pills toilet castro got wind plot walked cigar he removed handgun bolster handed lorenzo words did come kill according lorenzo handed gun pulled cigar eyes closed he made vulnerable knew i he still loved i still loved she feared cia would kill castro foiled assassination attempt upon return miami lorenzo never met castro later however daughter another latin american military leader venezuela marcos perez escalate cuban revolutionary vigilance efforts security apparatus kept alive years numerous books written more cuba news at century wire cuba files_news