Plenty of elites fled, but so did plenty of everyone else. On one side of the family, my grandfather was a self-made businessman with a 4th grade education who sold appliances in a rural area. On the other side, my grandfather was a middle-class computer technician in Havana.

Also, quoting from the Chomsky clan doesn't help your credibility. These are the same people who sang the praises of Hugo Chavez as he ruled Venezuela by decree and ran it into the ground.

And yes, the CIA did help organize an invasion force made up of Cuban exiles who wanted to save their country from communism. It's a shame Jack Kennedy didn't have the intestinal fortitude to either see it through or cancel it, instead deciding to cancel air support after landing people on the beaches.