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Tensions between the two countries escalate / US files lawsuit against former Cuban president

2026-05-20 20:00:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Tensions between the two countries escalate / US files lawsuit against former

The US Department of Justice has filed charges against 94-year-old former Cuban President Raul Castro over the 1996 downing of civilian airliners flown by critics of the communist state.

According to international media, the indictment accuses Castro and others of a conspiracy to kill Americans, while several other charges are also included.

Raul Castro succeeded his brother Fidel Castro as president of Cuba and oversaw a historic rapprochement with the United States in 2015 under Barack Obama, which Trump later reversed.

Tensions between Washington and Havana have escalated in recent months since US forces ousted Cuba's regional ally, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in a military coup and then imposed a painful energy blockade on the already economically struggling island nation.

The charges against Castro come as President Trump increases pressure on Cuba's communist leadership, even declaring that the United States will take control of the Caribbean island.

Before the February 24, 1996 incident, unarmed "Brothers of Salvation" planes dropped anti-Castro leaflets over Havana and helped the U.S. Coast Guard find Cubans fleeing the island to the Florida coast, using rafts and makeshift boats. /CNA





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