Former Cuban President Raul Castro indicted in US as Trump ups pressure on Cuba

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• Cuban President Raul Castro has been indicted in the United States, a senior Trump administration official told Reuters on Wednesday, in a move that marks an escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against the Caribbean island's communist government.
• Cuba's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
• The indictment comes as US President Donald Trump has pushed for a regime change in Cuba, where Castro's communists have been in charge since his late brother Fidel Castro led a revolution in 1959. Read Full Story "America will not tolerate a rogue state harbouring hostile foreign military, intelligence and terror operations just ninety miles from the American homeland," Trump said in a statement earlier on Wednesday.
• Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Monday that the island does not represent a threat.
• PLANES INCIDENT The charges against Raul Castro, 94, are expected to be based on a 1996 incident in which...