The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial]Cuba Celebrates Raúl Castro After the U.S. Accuses Him of Murder
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧#Video - DOJ Indicts Raúl Castro, But Can’t Explain Why Now, 30 Years After the Fact
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed an indictment charging former Cuban President #RaúlCastro, now 94 years old, along with 5 other Cuban officials, over the 1996 shoot-down of two civilian aircraft belonging to #BrothersToTheRescue in which four people died.
At a press conference announcing the case, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced several key questions about the indictment, including why it took three decades to bring charges against Castro.
“I cannot explain or justify why now as opposed to two decades ago or 30 years ago when it happened,” Blanche said.
Another major question remains unresolved: how the #US plans to bring the 94-year-old #Cuban leader to trial from a country that has no extradition treaty with Washington.
DOJ Indicts Raúl Castro, But Can’t Explain Why Now, 30 Years After the Fact
Cuban Pilot in Florida Is a Defendant in Raúl Castro Indictment
ERROR 404 ▼⭕Derrière l'image humanitaire, #Brothers-To-The-Rescue était une opération d'exilés formée par la #CIA, conçue pour saboter les infrastructures et armer des milices à l'intérieur de #Cuba.
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Bot SocialistaCuba rechaça provocação do regime Trump contra Raúl Castro.
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Cuba rechaça provocação do regime Trump contra Raúl Castro
Requentamento do caso ‘Brothers to the Rescue’ visa “fortalecer o dossiê que eles fabricam para justificar a insensatez de uma agressão militar contra Cuba”, denuncia o presidente Díaz-Canel. Cuba deixa claro que abate de avião em 1996 foi em legítima defesa O presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, reagiu ao requentamento de uma provocação de 30 […]
Raúl Castro’s Indictment and Washington’s Double Standard on Terrorism
https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/raul-castro-s-indictment-and-washington-s-double-standard-on-terrorism
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May 20, 2026
The Justice Department is set to indict former Cuban President #RaúlCastro today over the 1996 shoot-down of two #BrothersToTheRescue planes — a case that has been a politically charged flashpoint in US-Cuba relations for nearly three decades.
So far, the coverage by corporate media outlets has left out critical context: repeated provocations and incursions, numerous warnings by Cuban authorities, years of violent attacks against Cuba originating from South Florida and the #US government’s refusal to restrain an extremist group openly seeking confrontation.
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Cuba: Declassified Records on the #BrothersToTheRescue Shootdown
On Eve of #RaulCastro Indictment, Archive Posts Declassified #FAA Documents on Events Leading to Shootdown of Cuban Exile Planes
FAA Emails Foresaw “Worst Case Scenario”
“One of these days the Cubans will shoot down one of these planes”
https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2026-05-19/cuba-declassified-records-brothers-rescue-shootdown?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=d794cf42-039a-4428-9001-59f971d1dfce
from #NationalSecurityArchive
May 19, 2026
FAA emails, memos, and communications recorded concerns among high-level Clinton administration officials that repeated penetrations of Cuban airspace would eventually lead to a crisis if #Cuba acted to protect its territorial integrity from provocative BTTR incursions. “A major fear is the possible downing of a BTTR aircraft by land-based gunfire,” a summary of an August 1995 meeting with White House officials stated.
The documents offer a detailed historical context in which the aerial violence against the civilian aircraft occurred.
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Cuba: Declassified Records on the Brothers to the Rescue Shootdown | National Security Archive
Washington, D.C., May 19, 2026 - One month before Cuban MiG aircraft shot down two unarmed Cessna planes off the island coast, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official cited “further taunting of the Cuban Government” by the Brothers to the Rescue (BTTR) overflights and State Department concern about a “worst case scenario” in which “one of these days the Cubans will shoot down one of these planes and the FAA better have all its ducks in a row.” The declassified FAA email is one of several records on the shootdown published today by the National Security Archive.
NewsletterTFUS Readies Raúl Castro Indictment, Escalating Pressure on Cuba
US Justice Department may charge former Cuban leader Raul Castro over the 1996 downing of Brothers to the Rescue planes. This could increase pressure on Cuba.
#RaulCastro, #CubaUS, #BrothersToTheRescue, #DOJ, #Sanctions
https://newsletter.tf/us-charges-raul-castro-1996-plane-incident/
The US is preparing charges against Raul Castro, a significant escalation compared to previous actions against Cuba.
#RaulCastro, #CubaUS, #BrothersToTheRescue, #DOJ, #Sanctions
https://newsletter.tf/us-charges-raul-castro-1996-plane-incident/