Raul Castro is still pulling the strings in Cuba

Thousands of Cubans gathered on Friday before the U.S. embassy in Havana ‌to protest a U.S. decision to indict former president Raul Castro over the downing of two civilian airplanes 30 years ago.

The charges relate to a 1996 incident in which the Cuban military allegedly shot down two unarmed civilian planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue.

People in Havana reacted after US prosecutors indicted former Cuban leader Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown of planes operated by a Miami-based exile group, with several residents calling for dialogue instead of confrontation.

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