America’s Justice Department charged(指控（法律）) Raúl Castro with the “murder” of four Americans of Cuban descent. Mr Castro succeeded his brother Fidel as Cuba’s leader before stepping down(辞职、退位) in 2021. The indictments(起诉书) relate to the shooting down of two small aircraft, operated by a Cuban-exiles group, in 1996 by Cuban military jets, which killed the four men. Mr Castro was Cuba’s defence minister at the time. The charges intensify America’s campaign against the Cuban regime and threat of an invasion. Speaking in Spanish, Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, released a video to Cubans telling them that America was offering “to build a better future” for the island.
美国司法部以“谋杀”罪起诉劳尔·卡斯特罗，指控他害死了四名古巴裔美国人。卡斯特罗在其兄菲德尔之后成为古巴领导人，于2021年卸任。起诉涉及1996年古巴军用飞机击落两架由古巴流亡组织操作的小型飞机，导致四人死亡，当时卡斯特罗担任古巴国防部长。这些指控加剧了美国对古巴政权的打压和入侵威胁。美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥用西班牙语向古巴人发布视频，声称美国愿为该国“建设更美好的未来”。
Venezuela deported Alex Saab, an ally of Nicolás Maduro, the deposed(被废黜的) president, to America. Mr Saab, often referred to as Mr Maduro’s “bag man(财务管家（贬义）)”, appeared in court in Miami where a charge of money-laundering was presented. He has been arrested before, but prosecutors may now lean on Mr Saab to flesh out(充实、完善) their case against Mr Maduro, who was snatched by American forces in January.
委内瑞拉将被罢免总统马杜罗的盟友亚历克斯·萨布驱逐到美国。萨布常被称为马杜罗的“财务管家”，在迈阿密出庭，面临洗钱指控。他此前曾被逮捕，但检察官现在可能利用萨布来充实针对马杜罗的案件——马杜罗于1月被美军抓获。
More anti-government demonstrations took place in Bolivia, amid widening opposition to austerity measures(紧缩措施) proposed by Rodrigo Paz, the centrist(中间派的) president. Bolivian officials in part blame Evo Morales, a former leftist president, for stirring up trouble(煽动麻烦). Mr Paz’s election to office last year ended two decades of socialist rule in the country. America’s State Department compared the protests to an attempted “coup d’état”.
玻利维亚发生更多反政府示威，反对中间派总统罗德里戈·帕兹提出的紧缩措施。玻利维亚官员部分归咎于前左翼总统埃沃·莫拉莱斯煽动。帕兹去年当选结束了该国二十年的社会主义统治。美国国务院将抗议比作未遂“政变”。