Cuba Needs a New Story

Cuba Needs a New Story

By Michael J. Bustamante

Dr. Bustamante is the author of “Cuban Memory Wars.”

Thirty years after Cuban MiG-29 fighter jets shot down two Cessnas operated by the Miami-based humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue, killing four people, including three U.S. citizens, flying in international airspace over the Florida Straits, U.S. federal prosecutors have issued an indictment against Raúl Castro for his alleged role in authorizing the attack.

For the families of the dead, the announcement brings a measure of justice, regardless of whether the 94-year-old former head of state, who was minister of defense........

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