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response to repeated violations of its airspace. Fidel Castro said the military acted under “standing orders” to shoot down aircraft entering Cuban territory, while insisting Raul Castro did not personally order the strike. Washington condemned
response to Rubio's message, Díaz-Canel accused the US of lying and imposing a collective punishment on the Cuban people. Díaz-Canel also said that the indictment of Castro was being used to "justify
government, and an energy crisis created by a tight US oil embargo causing rolling blackouts and prompting [protests](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/cuba-us-energy-blockade-oil-fuel-petrol-runs-out) in the capital. Miami’s Freedom Tower, where more than half a million Cuban
charges against Cuba's former leader Raúl Castro the US revealed on Wednesday. The attack by the Cuban military on a civilian plane sparked one of the biggest crises between Cuba and the US, with