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Former Cuban president Ra\u00fal Castro has been indicted in the USA on murder charges, court records showed on Wednesday, in a serious escalation in Washington\u2019s pressure campaign against the island\u2019s communist government.<\/p>\n
Cuba\u2019s foreign ministry didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.\u00a0Castro, 94, last\u00a0appeared in public\u00a0in Cuba earlier this month, and there is no such thing as a evidence that he has since left the island or that the federal government would allow him to be extradited.<\/p>\n
The indictment comes as U.S. President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0has pushed for a regime change in Cuba, where\u00a0Castro\u2019s communists have been in charge since his late brother Fidel\u00a0Castro\u00a0led a revolution in 1959.<\/p>\n
The small print of the costs weren’t immediately available. A U.S. Justice Department official told Reuters last week on the condition of anonymity that the costs against him are expected to be based on a 1996 incident through which Cuban jets shot down planes operated by a bunch of Cuban exiles.<\/p>\n
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Trump in a press release earlier on Wednesday called Cuba a \u201crogue state harboring hostile foreign military\u201d and framed his administration\u2019s actions regarding the Caribbean island as a part of a broader effort to expand U.S. influence within the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFrom the shores of Havana to the banks of the Panama Canal, we are going to drive out the forces of lawlessness and crime and foreign encroachment,\u201d Trump said at a Coast Guard Academy event in Recent London, Connecticut.<\/p>\n
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday that the island doesn’t represent a threat.<\/p>\n
The indictment marks a brand new low in relations between the longtime Cold War rivals.<\/p>\n
After taking power, Fidel\u00a0Castro\u00a0struck an alliance with the Soviet Union, then seized U.S.-owned businesses and properties. The U.S. has since maintained an economic embargo on the nation of about 10 million.<\/p>\n
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The 2 sides have talked intermittently through the years. Diplomatic relations briefly improved during former Democratic President Barack Obama\u2019s second term, but Trump, a Republican, has taken a harder line.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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