Cuba. Again.
The Trump administration isn’t messing around with the island anymore. They’re indicting former president Raúl Castro. It’s happening in Miami. Federal court.
Here’s the kicker: the charges are old. Thirty years old.
In the mid-1990s, the Cuban government shot down two small planes. Four people died. Three of them were American.
The DOJ unsealed a new indictment Wednesday. It supersedes one from 2003. Same suspects mostly. Different paperwork.
It feels petty? Maybe. Or maybe it’s a warning shot.
Trump has been stacking pressure since January. Remember when they kicked Nicolás Maduro out of Venezuela? That started a “Donroe Doctrine” for the hemisphere. Tough love on steroids.
Cuba got hit next.
Oil blockade. Selective exemptions but mostly blocked. Blackouts rolling through neighborhoods. Ten million people staring down a humanitarian crisis.
Marco Rubio is loving this. He wants the communist regime gone. It’s been his personal hobby for years.
So here we are. Another indictment.
Does Trump have the appetite for a real war? Hard to say. Iran is already bleeding resources. But this looks exactly like what happened to Maduro. They indicted him back in 2020 too. Called his capture “law enforcement.” Same playbook.
Nahal Toosi at Politico says the frustration is real. No concessions from Havana. Maybe too real.
Advisers are supposedly talking about military options now. “Beginning to consider,” they say. Scary phrasing.
Todd Blanche, acting AG, wouldn’t let it slide as symbolic theater either.
“There is a warrant issued for his arrest,” he said.
He expects Castro to show up. Either he walks into court or they make him.
What happens next?
It’s not neat. It’s just the next step.
“There is a warrant issued for his arrest. We expect that he will show up.”
— Todd Blanche
Soccer Boom?
Quick pivot before you sleep.
The World Cup is coming to the US. It’s going to be a logistical nightmare. NJ Transit will probably break. It’s inevitable.
But something good is happening.
NYC is getting a soccer fix. New pitches. New fields. The demand is there. It’s fueling actual construction.
Cool, right?
Check it out here if you need a distraction.
Log off now.
