Event Brief
Obama Castro photo resurfacing after DOJ indictment
Filed: May 21, 2026 at 12:03 PM ET
Summary: Photos of Obama embracing Raul Castro in Havana resurfaced after the DOJ indicted Castro over a 1996 shootdown.
WHO: U.S. Department of Justice
WHAT: DOJ indictment charges Raul Castro in the 1996 shootdown of two planes; Obama-Castro photos resurface amid fury.
WHEN: May 21, 2026 at 11:29 AM ET
WHERE: Cuba
WHY: The DOJ dropped an indictment charging Raul Castro in the 1996 shootdown of two planes, prompting renewed fury over the resurfaced photos.
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