The United States has indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro for murder, marking a significant escalation in its campaign to pressure the communist government. This move signals a new low in US-Cuba relations.

The ​United States announced murder charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro on Wednesday, a major escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against the island's communist government. The indictment marks a new low in relations between the longtime Cold War rivalsand comes as U.S. President Donald Trump is pushingfor regime change in Cuba, where Castro's communists have been in charge since his late brother Fidel Castro led a revolution in 1959.