Live updates: DOJ indictment of Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former leader

US respond? The US condemned the shooting down of the two planes and just days later, President Bill Clinton signed the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act, also known as the Helms-Burton Act.

The act tightened sanctions on Cuba and remains the basis of US embargos on the country. The law called for an act of Congress to lift any continue reading …