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"Residents of Havana rejected the accusations presented by the United States against former leader Raul Castro and other former officials of the island regarding the downing of two aircraft from the organisation 'Brothers to the Rescue' in 1996. "No one will agree to hand over Raul. Not Raul, not any Cuban, because we, Cubans, have to be protected by ourselves, and we are not going to hand over any Cuban to foreigners, because that would be immoral; it would be being a traitor," Juan Hernandez said. The man also dismissed the possibility that the current government would ever hand over Raul Castro to the United States. Footage filmed on Wednesday in Havana shows the GAESA building in Havana, a business conglomerate run by Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces, has been identified by then-US Senator Marco Rubio as one of the structures that, according to his statements, concentrates the island’s economic and political control. "It is a provocation to be able to invade the country, and that is what it will bring: bloodshed on both sides. And I think it is not correct, because there is no other reason," commented Albaro Ojeda Rocha, President of the Departmental Legislative Assembly of Taija, and insisted that the island poses no threat to the US. "And what we are going through: hunger because of them," he added, referring to the economic blockade and energy restrictions that Cuba faces from Washington. Raul Castro, younger brother of Fidel Castro, is accused of murder, conspiracy to kill US citizens, and destruction of aircraft, charges that could lead to a death penalty. The accusations were presented by the US Department of Justice, which maintains that the defendants participated in the operation that culminated in the downing of two planes from the organisation Brothers to the Rescue in 1996, an incident that occurred over the Florida Strait in which four people died. In turn, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel rejected the accusations presented and assured that they are part of a political manoeuvre against the island. The president maintained that Cuba's actions responded to the defence of its sovereignty against the air incursions of the organisation. Meanwhile, his US counterpart, Donald Trump, assured that his government is actively working on issues related to Cuba and stated that he is 'liberating Cuba'."
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