Cuba's Raul Castro, wanted by US, appears at event in Havana
Cuban state television showed the 95-year-old former leader at an Interior Ministry event as Washington intensifies pressure over the 1996 shootdown.
- Former Cuban Castro reappeared in Havana on Friday, marking his first public appearance since the Justice Department unsealed charges against him last month, Reuters reported.
- The Justice Department indicted Castro on May 20 over the 1996 downing of an aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that killed four people.
- During May Day events and a Jan 15 ceremony honoring soldiers involved in capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Castro appeared publicly, continuing a pattern of visibility.
- John Bolton pointed to the charges and CIA Director John Ratcliffe's recent visit as signs Washington is tightening pressure on Cuba amid aggressive rhetoric from the capital.
- State Marco Rubio responded "Yes" in late March when asked whether Washington supports regime change in Cuba, fueling speculation about intensified U.S. policy toward Havana.
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Following Trumped-up Charges by US, Raúl Castro Appears at Public Commemoration in Havana
Former Cuban president Raúl Castro attended a tribute event on Saturday for his 95th birthday, marking his first public appearance since the US announced, on May 20, the indictment of the Cuban leader for the downing of two civilian aircraft belonging to the Cuban exile organization Brothers to the Rescue in international waters in 1996. Castro received praise from President Miguel Díaz-Canel during a ceremony at the Karl Marx Theater in Havana,…
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro (2008-2018) participated this Saturday in an event of promotions and decorations in Havana to several officials of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT), spread on their social networks the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel. "Together with the General of the Army and on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the glorious MININT, we participated in events of promotions and decorations to chiefs and officers …
Havana, former president and Cuban leader Raúl Castro, reappeared in public on Friday night for the first time since he was accused by the United States in mid-May of the shooting down—within the island’s airspace—of two planes in 1996. President Miguel Díaz-Canel stressed: “Raul is Cuba and Cuba is not touched.”
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxRa l Castro reappeared in public after being accused by the United States of participating in the shooting down of two planes 30 years ago.
Cuba: Ex-Prez Raul Castro appears in public since US charges
Raúl Castro, Cuba’s low-profile former president and revolutionary guerrilla, appeared in public for the first time since being indicted by the United States for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft, an official video showed. Castro’s celebration of his 95th birthday with top officials and military leaders at the Ministry of Interior in Havana on late Friday offered Cuba’s socialist government an opportunity to close ran…
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