Obama’s baseball outing with Castro reignites fury after Trump DOJ drops hammer on Cuban leader

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro was indicted by the Trump Justice Department for the 1996 shootdown of two civilian aircraft that killed four people, reigniting criticism of Barack Obama's 2016 normalization trip to Cuba that included attending a baseball game with Castro. Cuban-American critics argue Obama's diplomatic engagement gave legitimacy to the Castro regime while failing to secure meaningful concessions or improvements in human rights.