The US government has indicted 94-year-old former Cuban President Raúl Castro for murder and conspiracy to kill Americans.
The indictment coincides with a US oil blockade causing a grave humanitarian crisis in Cuba and threatening societal collapse.
Trump seeks a regime-change victory in Cuba after failing to end the war in Iran, which has damaged his approval ratings.
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President Donald Trump is chasing the kind of regime-altering triumph in Cuba that has eluded him in Iran. But any move toward yet more action by the stretched US armed forces would come with high political and military risks.
