Valuetainment - May 18, 2026


＂Castro Is NEXT＂ - U.S. INDICTS Cuba's Dictator In MASSIVE Liberation Plot


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194

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Raul Castro could be facing charges related to the shooting down of a humanitarian plane in Cuba in 1996, according to a new report. The former Cuban leader is now 94 years old and could be charged by the U.S. with conspiracy and conspiracy to commit espionage.

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00:00:30.660 This story about what happened in Cuba, where Cuba's got some interesting thing going on there.
00:00:36.860 A story comes out about U.S. take steps to indict former Cuban leader Raul Castro
00:00:41.520 because of what happened with, you know, him over the 1996 plane shootdown.
00:00:47.220 If you want to go a little bit lower, there was a humanitarian plane that allegedly was going down there.
00:00:52.160 Possible charges related to a 30-year-old case that involved Cuban government shooting down two planes
00:00:55.860 operated by humanitarian group in 1996 sources said any indictment would have to be issued
00:01:00.600 by grand jury after being presented with evidence in the case news that the United States was
00:01:05.720 looking to indict Castro came hours after CIA director Radcliffe led a delegation to Havana
00:01:10.620 on May 14 to deliver a message from the president to Cuban officials and Raul Guillermo Rodriguez
00:01:17.320 Castro who's the elder Castro's grandson if you want to go a little bit lower the potential
00:01:22.980 indictment for the cuban leader raul castro now 94 and the charges were reported by cbs news i mean
00:01:28.960 this administration likes to go after people above 85 years old you gotta commentate man these guys
00:01:34.020 are like targeting the elderly well they don't run fast the 1996 that was funny the 1996 shoot
00:01:42.060 down of two civilian planes operated by the exile group brothers to the rescue remains one of the
00:01:46.240 most politically charged episodes in modern u.s cuba relations and one in which the u.s officials
00:01:50.580 are pressing, you know what it almost feels like, Tom?
00:01:53.420 It almost feels like they're sitting there, and you know how we sit in a room
00:01:58.540 and we'll say, okay, how do we take over Cuba? 0.97
00:02:03.340 Step number one, this is one way.
00:02:06.120 Number two, number one is by force.
00:02:08.680 Number two is by getting the people to revolt.
00:02:12.180 Number three is prevent oil from going there.
00:02:15.760 Number four is regime change.
00:02:18.520 Number five is, let's go arrest Raul Castro.
00:02:22.620 I almost feel like they sit in a room and have these things that they write with their phones being out.
00:02:27.300 What's the room that they're making all the big decisions?
00:02:30.360 Situation room.
00:02:31.640 Situation room.
00:02:32.920 And lawyers say, well, we can go and use a grand jury to go after this, and then we go and do this.
00:02:42.280 What is the likelihood that you think things like this are taking place in a situation room?
00:02:46.260 I think that's like 85% likely in my book.
00:02:49.600 I think they're looking at it and they're saying exactly what you say.
00:02:52.680 And one of the things is, hey, you know what?
00:02:54.400 We need the public sentiment.
00:02:56.100 We can't be looking like a bully and everything.
00:02:58.300 Hey, wait a minute.
00:02:58.900 What about the humanitarian airplane that came down?
00:03:01.080 What about that?
00:03:02.200 We'll put that out there.
00:03:03.440 We'll get that there.
00:03:04.280 And you know what? 0.89
00:03:05.080 We could be strangling them for energy.
00:03:07.020 And then we'll make sure the media, who do we have in the media?
00:03:09.800 CBS, call CBS. 0.99
00:03:10.880 We know her.
00:03:11.660 She'll help us.
00:03:12.240 Great.
00:03:12.940 And so I think there's a lot of PR that goes into it, Pat.
00:03:15.720 And I think there's a lot of story that they push for coverage on.
00:03:20.720 I mean, it is true right now that the situation in Cuba, factually, getting away from any jokes or humor, it's bad.
00:03:27.440 There's a humanitarian situation that's getting worse in Cuba.
00:03:30.820 It's deteriorating.
00:03:32.060 They're running out of fuel reserves.
00:03:33.880 They have generators that run the water pumping plants, Pat.
00:03:38.040 They're low on not only electricity, because if there's a blackout, then the power doesn't come to the water pumping plant.
00:03:45.020 But if they also are a shortage of fuel, they can't run the backup generators at the water pumping plant, which means no water.
00:03:52.660 So there's water shortages.
00:03:54.140 There's power blackouts.
00:03:56.060 And in the middle of the trip to China, you know who they sent to Cuba?
00:04:03.620 John Ratcliffe, the CIA.
00:04:06.440 And what is he going to do, Vinny?
00:04:08.020 Well, guys, have you had enough?
00:04:09.900 What is the CIA?
00:04:11.500 CIA's not on a humanitarian mission.
00:04:13.420 hey, I got all this food for you. No, no, that's UNICEF. That's a Red Cross. I'd like to know if
00:04:17.980 you've had enough. And I think that that's what's going on down there. And I think the situation
00:04:23.960 room, you characterize it well. There's multiple levels to going after this, and you need to have
00:04:29.680 public opinion. You need to have public awareness that Cuba is down on, you know, not treating its
00:04:36.480 own people well. I think it all comes together as a package that gives you the excuse to say,
00:04:42.460 okay, we did the Uber for Maduro, load them up and let's go change it.
00:04:46.620 That's a good point.
00:04:47.480 And, Rob, if you want to pull up the Radcliffe picture that he's sitting there in Cuba.
00:04:51.900 By the way, this just happened either yesterday or the day before.
00:04:54.560 Everybody's focused on China. 0.97
00:04:56.160 Correct.
00:04:56.420 But they're in Cuba doing these meetings.
00:04:58.060 They're in Cuba having these negotiations.
00:04:59.340 So, again, this is so impressive for them.
00:05:02.660 They are hitting multiple different projects simultaneously at the same time.
00:05:09.020 I'll send it to you, Rob.
00:05:09.980 Adam, your thoughts on this with Cuba?
00:05:12.200 I would love to see Cuba be freed.
00:05:14.540 I mean, they've been in a relevant—
00:05:15.680 Yeah, that right there.
00:05:17.160 What's that?
00:05:17.720 No, I'm just showing the picture.
00:05:18.800 That's the meeting that they're having.
00:05:20.300 Gotcha.
00:05:20.680 You would like to see Cuba be freed?
00:05:21.860 Yeah, I mean, look, Cuba has been in a relevant country since the USSR fell.
00:05:26.120 They've been a communist outpost that's basically—
00:05:28.840 we know about the Bay of Pigs invasion, we know about JFK, we know about the Cold War.
00:05:33.740 But since the USSR fell, they've aligned with the communists 0.74
00:05:36.740 that are basically in the Western Hemisphere, the Venezuelans of the world. 0.58
00:05:39.840 But since Trump took out Maduro and, you know, implemented his Don Rowe Doctrine, as you like to call it, Cuba has been relegated to an island that makes cigars that's 90 miles off the coast of Florida and just basically subjugates their people.
00:05:56.400 And they have an economy that's crumbling because now they don't get oil from Venezuela.
00:05:59.920 You ask the average American what they think about Cuba.
00:06:02.560 They're like, it's so irrelevant to me.
00:06:05.060 But it means the world to people in Miami and certain people in Florida.
00:06:11.640 I'll give you one shining light.
00:06:13.740 It's always interesting when I see, you know, enemy countries that love America. 0.50
00:06:20.500 You know, they said that when USSR fell, it wasn't because of any shots were fired. 0.53
00:06:26.600 It was because of our culture took over the USSR.
00:06:30.360 They wanted to drive American cars. 0.95
00:06:32.400 They wanted to buy blue jeans.
00:06:33.520 And I'll tell you this, you know that some of the most common names that come out of Cuba, they all start with U.S.
00:06:41.660 You ever heard this, Pat?
00:06:42.660 Tell me.
00:06:43.580 So because of our ships that are out there that say U.S. Navy, there's so many Cubans that are called Yusnavi, U-S-N-A-V-I, Yusnavi. 1.00
00:06:54.320 This is a true story, by the way. 1.00
00:06:55.240 This is true.
00:06:55.780 There's another, thousands of people named Yusmail, U.S. mail.
00:07:01.540 there's a tons of people that are called 0.73
00:07:03.880 women that are called 0.99
00:07:05.360 US lady because you're a US 1.00
00:07:07.840 lady they look at
00:07:09.580 he's being dead serious by the way
00:07:11.300 I actually looked it up because I didn't believe
00:07:13.960 him
00:07:14.220 they look at America
00:07:16.940 they look at America
00:07:20.160 off their coast they have nothing going on
00:07:21.780 they're sailing rafts
00:07:22.960 he's dead serious
00:07:24.660 US NAVI
00:07:27.400 no no just put it together
00:07:29.640 put it all together
00:07:30.760 Come on, Rafa, hablas espanol.
00:07:32.880 I mean, look at images.
00:07:34.080 Is this because a comedian told a sketch on this and you guys know it?
00:07:36.840 No, it's because there's ships that sail across the ocean.
00:07:42.300 While they're trying to build rafts, we have these massive Navy ships. 0.76
00:07:46.380 And Cubans look at America like, oh, my God, look at the power.
00:07:49.540 They're in awe.
00:07:50.140 Look at the prestige.
00:07:50.980 Look at the awe.
00:07:51.780 And they name their kids after our boats. 0.97
00:07:55.000 Use Navy, use male, use lady.
00:07:58.120 Because they have nothing going on. 1.00
00:08:00.060 There it is right there.
00:08:00.940 So talk about our perceived enemies who want nothing more to be American. 0.91
00:08:06.100 Respect to me, gente in Cuba. 0.99
00:08:08.460 Guys, I'm shell-shocked right now. 1.00
00:08:10.300 Yeah, there we go.
00:08:10.660 Just so you know.
00:08:11.600 Because I thought I gave a creative name to our daughter, Senna.
00:08:15.320 No.
00:08:15.760 Named after Arta Senna's last name.
00:08:17.340 That's a great name.
00:08:18.120 But to say, Yosnavi.
00:08:19.640 Yosnavi. 0.70
00:08:20.940 It's a Yosnavi.
00:08:22.220 Yosnavi.
00:08:23.080 It's not a bad name, Vinny. 0.74
00:08:24.320 I actually like it.
00:08:25.580 Yosnavi.
00:08:26.080 Mira.
00:08:26.640 Yeah, Yosnavi.
00:08:27.300 The part about Cuba, for whatever reason, it'd be a beautiful story.
00:08:36.460 Because Cuba and Iran, it was the same time, you know, with Jimmy Carter, 0.76
00:08:40.700 with the whole Muriel boat lift that happened, and Iran.
00:08:43.620 Happened under Carter.
00:08:44.760 This guy Carter, you know.
00:08:46.380 And by the way, this is Cuba right now.
00:08:48.660 It's not like they have a little bit of oil.
00:08:50.620 They have zero oil.
00:08:51.920 Folks, watch this.
00:08:52.680 They literally are running on zero.
00:08:54.380 20 hours of daily blackouts.
00:08:56.200 This is the protest right now in Cuba. Go ahead, Rob.
00:08:58.740 That's correct.
00:08:59.900 Dude, I feel so bad for him.
00:09:02.220 We are demanding the right to have electricity.
00:09:05.180 We have gone more than 40 hours without electricity.
00:09:08.520 I live in a community where there are many elderly people, many of them bedridden.
00:09:13.660 There are many children.
00:09:15.080 Food is going bad inside the refrigerators, the little food that can be obtained.
00:09:18.840 The country's situation is well known, and well, it gave us the motivation to come out to see
00:09:27.320 if even by banging a pot, they would give us at least three hours of electricity.
00:09:35.120 Good for them. Good for them. If we're able to build these guys out and get them to be free,
00:09:42.540 it'll be a place, it's a beautiful place to get a lot of tourism. Tourism could be a big business
00:09:47.460 for them if they're able to free this place they get a lot of tourists from around the world just
00:09:50.760 not the united states because of our blockade and our embargo but uh you know in miami i can't tell
00:09:55.600 you how many times i've heard pots and pans in the streets like when fidel died when fidel castro
00:10:00.700 died was arguably the greatest day i've ever seen in miami history i don't know if you can find in
00:10:06.020 these clips i the pots the pans the the spatulas everything out there they were going insane when
00:10:14.340 When their communist leader died, how many more examples do we need to see of communism and Marxism failing countries?
00:10:22.920 No, I say we try one more time.
00:10:24.440 One more time.
00:10:25.200 One more time.
00:10:25.720 Let's do it in New York. 1.00
00:10:26.500 It's not like the Islamism that they're doing right there isn't working perfectly. 1.00
00:10:29.300 50,000 times is the charm.
00:10:30.940 And by the way, if they could get this turned around, what most people don't realize is that the ground in Cuba is incredibly fertile.
00:10:39.460 They could be a major, major, major, major Western Hemisphere supplier of sugar, coffee, and tobacco, number one.
00:10:46.960 They also have massive mineral.
00:10:48.960 There's this one part of Cuba that whatever it is, it comes out of the bottom of the ocean,
00:10:53.980 fills into these mountains, and it's full of cobalt and nickel,
00:10:57.280 more than almost 92% of the rest of the world.
00:11:00.740 So they could have that.
00:11:01.920 They could be self-sufficient.
00:11:03.480 It would take 10 years, but they could have a working, you know, partly industrial, partly agricultural economy bolstered by tourism.
00:11:12.160 Cuba could work, but it just needs the leadership.
00:11:15.760 More importantly, it needs to be free.
00:11:17.300 But right now, it's a humanitarian crisis, and I hope that can we help them make up their mind about shifting, Pat, and just get enough energy to run the water pumps?
00:11:27.460 Because without the water pumps running, they can't flush the toilets and they can't have drinking water.
00:11:32.100 That one move, getting those pumps running so they could have running water,
00:11:36.200 that just breaks my heart because you've got infants 0.66
00:11:38.660 and you've got people that are there that are just in a sroom.
00:11:42.060 Is this it?
00:11:42.560 This is it?
00:11:43.000 Crowd celebrating when Fidel Castro died?
00:11:44.860 Rob, play it?
00:11:46.160 This is Little Havana.
00:11:47.740 At least four to five hours, a crowd believed to be at least 1,000 people
00:11:52.820 or more stood here in celebration.
00:11:55.800 So this is the part.
00:11:56.440 This is the part.
00:11:58.220 This is the part where you realize some people go back and remember where they were born.
00:12:03.620 And they want to see that place be free again.
00:12:06.800 And I relate to this.
00:12:07.860 I understand the Cuban people that are going to do this.
00:12:09.700 For us that are going into the weekend and we're having conversations about the 250-year anniversary that's coming around the corner,
00:12:15.360 we can't wait for that, as well as the World Cup.
00:12:18.520 And everyone's saying, Pat, what happened to the next hat?
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00:13:56.000 we don't wait for what's next
00:13:58.860 we define it
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