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

[weekly newsletter about #Cuba (with YouTube #video links) from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

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.

#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
#politics #USpol #USA

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.

#NoWarOnCuba
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#news #politics #USpol #US

US 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/