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US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown

US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles
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Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump raises new threat of military action

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

President Donald Trump has again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba
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The Latest: US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes

The Latest: US indicts former Cuban President Raúl Castro over 1996 downing of planes

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Trump administration on the socialist government
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US is expected to announce criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

US is expected to announce criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

The Trump administration is expected to announce a criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro
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Cuba secured its independence on May 20, 1902, but the island doesn't celebrate it. Here's why

Cuba secured its independence on May 20, 1902, but the island doesn't celebrate it. Here's why

Cuba's independence on May 20, 1902, isn't celebrated by its socialist government
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Explainer-What is GAESA, which has taken center stage in US-Cuba tensions?

Explainer-What is GAESA, which has taken center stage in US-Cuba tensions?

By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has made no bones about who he blames for Cuba's economic woes. The culprit, according to the Cuban American politician, is a military conglomerate known by its initials GAESA.
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US offers new relationship to Cuba in Rubio message

US offers new relationship to Cuba in Rubio message

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered to forge a new relationship between the U.S. and Cuba on Wednesday in a video message to the Cuban people, proposing $100 million in aid and blaming Cuba's leaders for shortages of electricity, food and fuel.
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The Latest: Trump says ‘it looks like I’ll be the one’ to intervene in Cuba after Castro indictment

The Latest: Trump says ‘it looks like I’ll be the one’ to intervene in Cuba after Castro indictment

President Donald Trump on Thursday said past U_S_ presidents have mulled intervening in Cuba for decades, but “it looks like I’ll be the one that does it.”
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What to know about the US indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro

What to know about the US indictment of former Cuban President Raúl Castro

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been charged in a U.S. indictment with murder and other crimes for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian aircraft operated by Miami-based exiles in 1996 off the coast of the Caribbean island
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US expected to unveil criminal charges against Cuba's Raul Castro

US expected to unveil criminal charges against Cuba's Raul Castro

By Luc Cohen May 20 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is expected to announce criminal charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro on Wednesday, in a move that would mark a step-up in Washington's pressure campaign against the Caribbean island's communist government.
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US announces criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

US announces criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles
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Timeline of recent US-Cuba relations amid heightened tensions in Trump's second term

Timeline of recent US-Cuba relations amid heightened tensions in Trump's second term

The possibility that the Justice Department could indict former Cuban leader Raúl Castro is pushing U.S. relations with the communist-run island to the foreground