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Cuban secret service
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- Abbreviation:
- of Dirección General De Inteligencia
- Date:
- 1961 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- intelligence
DGI, the secret intelligence agency of Cuba. The agency was established with the help of the Soviet KGB in 1961, following Fidel Castro’s rise to power. The DGI provided Castro with advanced warning of the Bay of Pigs invasion backed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1962. The agency is responsible for intelligence, counterintelligence, and disinformation activities inside Cuba and abroad.