{"id":345246,"date":"2026-05-20T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-indicts-former-cuban-president-raul-castro-over-1996-civilian-planes-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:00:07","slug":"us-indicts-former-cuban-president-raul-castro-over-1996-civilian-planes-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-indicts-former-cuban-president-raul-castro-over-1996-civilian-planes-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"US indicts former Cuban president Ra\u00fal Castro over 1996 civilian planes\u2019 shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Wx-c-BIRGZQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US indicts former Cuban president Ra\u00fal Castro over 1996 civilian planes\u2019 shooting\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wx-c-BIRGZQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Washington has indicted Cuba&#8217;s former president Raul Castro over the downing of two American planes thirty years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In reaction to this, a group of \u200bDemocratic U.S. senators introduced a resolution to stop President Donald Trump from using the \u200cmilitary against Cuba. They have introduced a War Powers \u200bResolution to block the use of the U.S. armed forces against the Communist-ruled \u200bisland.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between the two countries has become increasingly fraught over the past few months, due to an ongoing US oil blockade, resulting in even more severe shortages and blackouts. 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