Thousands in Cuba rally for Raul Castro to protest US indictment
Thousands of people are protesting outside the US embassy in Havana to show their support for Raul Castro.

Thousands of people are protesting outside the US embassy in Havana to show their support for Raul Castro.



![Cuba's former President Raul Castro claps during a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the July 26, 1953 rebel assault which late Cuban leader Fidel Castro led on the Moncada army barracks, in Cienfuegos, Cuba, July 26, 2022. [Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/image-1779310667.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




Trump signs executive order ramping up pressure on Havana’s oil supplies in wake of US abduction of Venezuela’s Maduro.

The bodies of 32 Cuban soldiers killed during the US bombing of Venezuela have been returned to Cuba.
Cuba denies US allegations of mercenary activity in Ukraine and insists the embargo is a form of collective punishment.
The vote comes as Cuba struggles with an economic crisis that has pushed hundreds of thousands out of the country.
Biden administration announced plan to lift Trump-era restrictions related to Cuba in May in bid to re-engage.
Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes head of Communist Party, and retains title of president.

After six decades, Cuba will not have a Castro in an official position of command.
Cuba is now confronting new and dire economic challenges along with historic ones.
Move marks the first time in 62 years that Cuba will not have a leader that is named Castro.
A hostile Trump administration and crises in Venezuela have left the landmark Obama-era detente hanging in the balance.