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Raúl Castro Hospitalized After Stroke, Condition Reported Stable

9/6/2026

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Raúl Castro, 95, appeared at a ceremony marking the Security Directorate anniversary on September 6, 2026.
He was hospitalized with a stroke earlier in September, officials describing his condition as stable.
His grandson Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro attended with a bodyguard.
A U.S. jury indicted him in April 2024 on murder and conspiracy charges for 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown.
He has not issued any public statement regarding the indictment.

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Raúl Castro, 95, appeared at a ceremony marking the Security Directorate anniversary on September 6, 2026.
He was hospitalized with a stroke earlier in September, officials describing his condition as stable.
His grandson Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro attended with a bodyguard.
A U.S. jury indicted him in April 2024 on murder and conspiracy charges for 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown.
He has not issued any public statement regarding the indictment.