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Thousands Protest US Indictment of Raul Castro in Havana

5/22/2026

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Thousands of Cubans gathered on Havana’s waterfront to protest the United States’ indictment of former leader Raul Castro.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero attended the rally outside the U.S. embassy.
Cuban officials called the murder charges for the 1996 downing of two civilian airplanes spurious.
They said the indictment is a pretext for a U.S. invasion amid President Donald Trump’s effort to upend the island’s government.

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Thousands of Cubans gathered on Havana’s waterfront to protest the United States’ indictment of former leader Raul Castro.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero attended the rally outside the U.S. embassy.
Cuban officials called the murder charges for the 1996 downing of two civilian airplanes spurious.
They said the indictment is a pretext for a U.S. invasion amid President Donald Trump’s effort to upend the island’s government.