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CUBA LIBRE? Congress Divided Over Raul Castro Charges

After the Department of Justice unveiled charges against Raul Castro, the former socialist leader of Cuba, Congress is divided between those eager to see the regime forcefully toppled and those who think America has its hands full with Iran.

On Tuesday, it was revealed that a Florida grand jury has indicted Castro and five others in connection with the fatal downing of two American planes in 1996 that resulted in the deaths of three Americans delivering aid to Cuba. The charges come amid a U.S. blockade of shipments to the island.

Castro, whose brother Fidel led the nation from 1959 to 2008, has been charged with murder.

Although Raul Castro, 94, left the government in 2021, he and his family members continue to be influential in Cuba.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said of the steps to make Castro face justice, “This isn’t a show indictment. … There was a warrant issued for his arrest, so we expect that he will show up here by his own will or by another way.”

For Florida Republicans who represent anti-Castro Cuban-Americans, the charges and their implications for the regime’s survival are cause for celebration.

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“Today is a glorious day. After six decades of tragedy, of misery, of distress, Cubans will be free soon,” Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., said Tuesday morning. “There are no words to describe the joy they feel—not only the Cubans on the island, but the Cubans that we represent in South Florida.”

Today is a glorious day.Not only for the Cubans on the island, but for every Cuban in exile, for every family torn apart, for every neighbor, every friend, every loved one who spent their life waiting to go home.For 67 years, a group of gangsters seized a nation and turned it… pic.twitter.com/oYAsPm3ZId— Rep. María Elvira Salazar (@RepMariaSalazar) May 20, 2026

Today is a glorious day.Not only for the Cubans on the island, but for every Cuban........

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