Three Ways Cuba Crisis Could Play Out After US Indictment of Raúl Castro
Federal charges over the 1996 shootdown have reignited Miami exile anger and prompted new US sanctions against top Cuban officials, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the United States charged former Cuban leader Raul Castro with murder and conspiracy regarding the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft that killed four American citizens.
- The charges stem from the 1996 destruction of two aircraft belonging to Brothers to the Rescue, a volunteer group that frequently searched the Florida Straits for migrants fleeing the island.
- Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche described the indictment as a historic moment, calling it the first time in nearly 70 years that senior Cuban leadership has faced such charges.
- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel dismissed the charges as 'legitimate self-defence,' while Moscow declared Washington's 'recent, almost daily, escalatory actions' against the Caribbean nation a source of grave concern.
- The indictment follows escalating US sanctions and a de facto fuel blockade, which officials claim aim to pressure the leadership in Havana to make concessions or accept regime change.
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