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Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, second left, and Raul Castro's grandson Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, center back, take part in a rally in support of former President Raul Castro in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 22, 2026, after U.S. prosecutors filed an indictment accusing him of ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles.
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The United States has imposed sanctions on ​Cuba’s President Miguel DÃaz-Canel, along with four other individuals, according to a filing Thursday on the U.S. Treasury Department website. Included in the sanctions are Alejandro Castro EspÃn, the son of former President Raúl Castro, who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and nephew of Fidel Castro, who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008. The sanctions come after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding sanctions against the island.
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