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Last update: 2 hours agoUS-Cuba Escalation: The biggest Cuba story this week just landed: the U.S. Justice Department indicted former Cuban leader Raúl Castro on murder and conspiracy charges tied to the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes, as Washington also moves warships into the Caribbean and Cuba calls it a “fabricated” pretext for aggression. Diplomacy vs. Pressure: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pitching a “new relationship” to Cubans directly, while Havana rejects the blockade’s blame-shifting and warns of “bloodbath” consequences if military action follows. Legal Fallout Beyond Havana: In a separate Cuba-linked ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt cruise operators a setback in a Helms-Burton docks dispute, underscoring how decades-old property fights keep resurfacing in U.S. courts. Energy Strain Context: The indictment arrives amid ongoing fuel and power stress on the island, with the U.S. tightening fuel access and Cuba denouncing “collective punishment.”
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