The relationship between the United States and Cuba, already strained and fragile for decades, has been rapidly deteriorating in recent weeks. Accusing Cuba of posing a national security threat, the US has hit it with an oil blockade, sanctions and now an unprecedented murder indictment against former leader Raúl Castro. Washington is also warning that a peaceful agreement with the Caribbean nation is unlikely, while Cuba says the US is using a “fraudulent case” to justify military intervention. But what is driving the US pressure on Cuba and how is it responding? The indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro…
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