{"id":345258,"date":"2026-05-20T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-indicts-cuban-ex-pres-raul-castro-whats-next\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:00:16","slug":"us-indicts-cuban-ex-pres-raul-castro-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-indicts-cuban-ex-pres-raul-castro-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"US indicts Cuban ex-Pres. Ra\u00fal Castro: What&#8217;s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/6JhJDjv5VFY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US indicts Cuban ex-Pres. 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Cuba is also dealing with a collapse of its energy sector due to an oil blockade following the US attack on Cuba\u2019s oil-rich ally Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 DOJ unseals charges against Ra\u00fal Castro<br \/>\n0:27 Acting AG Todd Blanche speaks<br \/>\n1:00 CNN&#8217;s Patrick Oppmann reports from Havana on Cuban government reaction<br \/>\n2:22 Ra\u00fal Castro &quot;still the most powerful person on this island&quot;: Oppmann<br \/>\n2:53 &quot;Cuba feels an invasion is coming&quot;: Oppmann<br \/>\n3:38 Blanche addresses what&#8217;s next<br \/>\n5:16 CNN national security reporter Jennifer Hansler reports from Washington<br \/>\n6:50 Secretary of State Marco Rubio releases video addressing Cuban people directly<\/p>\n<p>Watch more CNN here: https:\/\/cnn.it\/4kh5RPe<\/p>\n<p>#Cuba #RaulCastro #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration has indicted former Cuban President Ra\u00fal Castro, 94, on charges that stem from his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft that killed four people, including three Americans. While announcing the charges, which include conspiracy to kill US nationals, Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said President Donald Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":345259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[129706,133281,129382],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-345258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn","tag-administration","tag-indicted","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US indicts Cuban ex-Pres. Ra\u00fal Castro: What&#039;s next? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch US indicts Cuban ex-Pres. Ra\u00fal Castro: What&#039;s next? for free, here on News ISC. 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