The indictment marks one of the sharpest escalations in tensions between Washington and Havana.
Trump administration offers $100m in aid to Cuba in exchange for reformAmid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid.
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