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US charges Cuba's Raúl Castro with murder over 1996 downing of two planes

charges Cuba's Raúl Castro with murder over 1996 downing of two planes The US has charged

China says US should stop 'threats' against Cuba after ex-leader charged

charged China has called on the US to stop using "coercion" and "threats" against its ally Cuba, after Washington indicted former leader Raúl Castro on murder

Cubans grapple with fuel shortages and blackouts as US steps up pressure

Castro over the US murder charges. I ask him if he thinks the indictment was a precursor to military action. "The charges against Raúl

Rubio says Cuba is threat to US as Havana accuses him of 'lies'

charged Cuba's former president Raúl Castro with murder over the 1996 downing of two planes

Three ways Cuba crisis could play out after US indictment of Raúl Castro

charged Cuba's 94-year-old former president, Raúl Castro, with murder - stoking speculation that

US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime

Raúl Castro](https://www.theguardian.com/world/raul-castro), [Cuba](https://www.theguardian.com/world/cuba)’s former president, on Wednesday, and five others in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to oust the country’s six-decades

U.S. grand jury indicts Raul Castro, ex-Cuban president

Raúl Castro](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5823340/cia-director-john-ratcliffe-met-with-raul-castros-grandson-in-havana-us-and-cuban-officials-say), the 94-year-old former president of Cuba, for an attack on a humanitarian group more than 30 years ago. Castro and other former senior members of Cuban leadership

GOP races to fund immigration enforcement. And, U.S. indicts former Cuban president

Raúl Castro,** the 94-year-old former president of Cuba. The department alleges that Castro played a [key role in shooting down](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/20/g-s1-122383/us-cuba-raul-castro-indictment) two U.S. planes in 1996. The attack killed four people

First Thing: US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime

Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, and five others, in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to oust the country’s communist regime. The indictment, filed in US district court

Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump renews threat of military action

Raúl Castro. Trump said previous US presidents have considered intervening in [Cuba](https://www.theguardian.com/world/cuba) for decades but that “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it”. “Other presidents have looked

Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump raises new threat of military action

Raúl Castro indictment sends a signal to Cuba](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5829906/trumps-raul-castro-indictment-sends-a-signal-to-cuba) Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters separately that Cuba has been a national security threat for years because of its ties