Cuba: Castro backers rally in front of United States embassy in Havana

Anger in Havana as Cubans flood the streets to protest Raúl Castro indictment

The news comes amid mounting US pressure on the ailing Cuban Republic to change its system of government after 67 years of revolutionary rule.

A day after Raúl Castro, the Cuban government’s revolutionary hero and former president, was indicted in Miami for murder, officials and state-run media closed ranks, turning to social media to project an image of a nation rallying around a revered elder statesman.

That’s after the US filed criminal charges against the former president over his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian planes, operated by a Cuban-American exile organisation.