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DeSantis Joins Call for Trump to Indict Raul Castro

Florida lawmakers, activists say Castros ordered 1996 downing of 'Brothers to the Rescue' planes

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.) is calling on President Donald Trump to impose more severe economic sanctions against the Cuban government and to indict Raul Castro, the island nation's former president who remains the top leader of the Cuba's Communist Party.

Rubio, Diaz-Balart Call for U.S. Authorities to Indict Raul Castro

Lawmakers want justice for downing of ‘Brothers to the Rescue’ planes, which killed three Americans

Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R., Fla.) are urging President Trump to direct the Justice Department to review whether to indict former Cuban President Raul Castro for the illegal shoot down in 1996 of two American civilian aircraft that killed three Americans and a U.S. legal resident.

Former Cuban Leader
Fidel Castro Dies Aged 90


Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday, state-run Cuban Television said. He was 90.

Cuba Continues to Block Internet Access

Remains one of the least connected countries in the world

Barack Obama, Raul Castro

One year after the Cuban flag was hoisted above its embassy in Washington, Havana remains one of the least connected global capitals as Raúl Castro’s government continues to block widespread Internet access across the island, a senior State Department official said Wednesday morning.

Our Secretary-General In Chief

Column: President Obama is more concerned with American overreaction than ISIS terrorism

Barack Obama Raul Castro

Terror in Brussels leaves at least 30 dead. Visiting Cuba, President Obama responds. For 51 seconds. Then he gets back to burying the Cold War. Which ended in 1991.