Raul Castro | The old man and the siege
Raul Castro, the former President of Cuba, has been indicted by the Trump administration over a 1996 incident involving the shootdown of two civilian aircraft. This move comes amidst ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Cuba, exacerbated by a long-standing economic blockade. Castro's revolutionary history and his role in the Cuban government have made him a significant figure in these geopolitical dynamics.
- ▪Raul Castro is being charged for the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft, which resulted in the deaths of four individuals.
- ▪The U.S. media often describes the incident as an unprovoked murder, despite evidence of provocation from the group involved.
- ▪Raul Castro served as Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces for 49 years after the Cuban Revolution triumphed in 1959.
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Earlier this month, after months of strangling life in Cuba by blockading fuel supplies, the Trump administration moved to indict the 94-year-old former President Raul Castro Ruz over the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft over the Florida Straits. Mr. Castro was then the Defence Minister of Cuba. The then President and Raul’s brother, Fidel Castro, had publicly taken responsibility for the attack, which killed four, in what Havana said was its own airspace.While sections of the U.S. media invariably describe the shootdown of the ‘Brothers to the Rescue’ — the group that flew the aircraft towards Cuba — as an unprovoked murder, records show the group indulged in significant provocation.
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