Alina Fernández, the daughter of the late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and niece of former Cuban President Raúl Castro, says a recent U.S. indictment against her uncle represents what she called “the end of impunity” for Cuba’s leadership.
Thousands gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday to protest the Justice Department’s indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro, while people across South Florida reacted to the demonstrations and the renewed tensions between Cuba and the United States.
The indictment that the U.S. Justice Department announced on May 20 at the Freedom Tower, after a Miami grand jury charged Raúl Castro and five pilots on April 23, includes details about the role that Cuban spies played.
Thousands of people crowded along Havana’s famed seawall Friday to decry the U.S. indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro.
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, 94, has been charged with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, two counts of destruction of aircraft, and four counts of murder in connection with the fatal 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes.
New developments are unfolding in the federal case against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro as political and legal pressure on Cuba intensifies.