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Is Donald Trump going after Cuba? | Sky News Explains
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18:57Now PlayingHas Donald Trump got Cuba in his sights?
In this episode of Sky News Explains, Olive Enokido-Lineham asks if Cuba has become a US target again and examines the fractured history of relations between the two countries and the impact of the oil blockade.
In further developments, Raul Castro, Cuba's former president, has been charged with murder in the U.S. in connection with a military airstrike against two civilian planes, which killed four people. The aircraft, operated by the Miami-based group Brothers to the Rescue, were shot down by Cuban jets in 1996.
In response to the charges, Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the US "lies and distorts the events surrounding the downing of the planes" and described the charges as a "political manoeuvre, devoid of any legal foundation" but Trump who has been pushing for regime change has so far declined to elaborate on potential next steps, despite repeatedly threatening military action.
It comes as the country's energy minister reveals that it's run out of diesel and oil and the head of the CIA made a historic visit to Havana for talks with senior officials.
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