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Some Cubans who’ve been able to buy solar panels say it’s a game changer, but most rely on other alternatives including charcoal, despite health concerns and the steep cost.

The Justice Department indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro in connection with the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes that killed four Cuban Americans.

Cuba shot down two Brothers to the Rescue U.S. civilian planes in 1996, killing four Cuban Americans and drawing swift condemnation from the U.S. and the international community.

A U.S. indictment of former Cuban president Raúl Castro is expected to be announced Wednesday in Miami, two federal sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News

The Justice Department is pushing to indict 94-year-old Raúl Castro, the former president of Cuba, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Miguel Díaz-Canel stressed the need for dialogue but said Cuba is prepared to defend itself.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel insisted that he’s not “stepping down” in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in Havana on Thursday.

Cuba’s deputy foreign minister said that the nation’s military is involved in ongoing preparations for “the possibility of military aggression” from the U.S.

Cuba’s government granted NBC News rare access inside the Institute of Hematology and Immunology, a research facility in the capital where they treat difficult cases.

As the U.S. and Cuba hold conversations to decide the island’s fate, food and medicine there are scarce or unaffordable, and simple tasks like cooking are burdensome.

Cuba's president said the conversations are focused on "finding solutions to bilateral differences" as the country grapples with a lack of fuel following the U.S. raid in Venezuela.