
Why has the US indicted Cuba’s Raul Castro now?
Why has the US indicted Cuba’s Raul Castro now?
The indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro over a 1996 plane shootdown revives a decades-old case at a moment of heightened US pressure on Havana. Global News Insight’s Kimberly Halkett explains why the timing matters.
Published On 20 May 2026