Daily Memo: US Pressure on Cuba, Chinese Delay of Pentagon Visit

The indictment of a former Cuban leader raises the stakes for the island.

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Focus on Cuba. The U.S. government has charged former Cuban President Raul Castro with conspiring to murder U.S. citizens in connection with the 1996 downing of two planes. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the U.S. will also charge Castro with the destruction of aircraft and four counts of murder. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel called […]

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