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Why has the US indicted Cuba’s Raul Castro now?

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English May 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM

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The indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro over a 1996 plane shootdown revives a decades-old case at a moment of heightened US pressure on Havana. Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett explains why the timing matters.

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