▁ 6 3 8 ▁W ays ▁to ▁Kill ▁Castro ▁is ▁a ▁Channel ▁ 4 ▁document ary ▁film , ▁broadcast ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁which ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁numerous ▁attempts ▁of ▁the ▁Central ▁Int elligence ▁Agency ▁to ▁kill ▁Cuba ' s ▁leader ▁F idel ▁Castro . ▁It ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁D oll an ▁C ann ell . ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁film ▁reve als ▁multiple ▁methods ▁of ▁assass ination , ▁from ▁expl oding ▁cig ars ▁to ▁femmes ▁fatal es ; ▁a ▁radio ▁station ▁rig ged ▁with ▁g ase ous ▁L SD ▁to ▁a ▁poison ▁s yr inge ▁pos ing ▁as ▁an ▁innoc uous ▁f ount ain ▁pen . ▁Fab ian ▁Es cal ante , ▁the ▁former ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Int elligence ▁Director ate ▁and ▁the ▁man ▁who ▁had ▁the ▁job ▁of ▁protect ing ▁Castro ▁for ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁ 4 9 ▁years ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁power , ▁alleg es ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁over ▁ 6 0 0 ▁plots ▁and ▁consp ira cies ▁known ▁to ▁Cub an ▁agents , ▁all ▁dream t ▁up ▁to ▁end ▁Castro ' s ▁life . ▁ ▁Some ▁were ▁perpet r ated ▁by ▁the ▁Central ▁Int elligence ▁Agency , ▁especially ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁sevent ies ▁on wards , ▁the ▁attempts ▁were ▁most ▁often ▁made ▁by ▁Cub an ▁ex iles ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁trained ▁by ▁the ▁C IA ▁shortly ▁after ▁Castro ▁took ▁power ▁in ▁