Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Related: Rubio says US will respond 'appropriately' after Cuba boat shooting Former Cuban President Raul Castro, the 94-year-old brother of Fidel Castro, could be indicted by the United States in connection with Cuba's shootdown of planes operated by the humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue in 1996. Castro, a key leader alongside Fidel in the 1959 guerrilla war, was instrumental in toppling the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista and launching Cuba's communist revolution. Among his significant roles, he helped defeat the US-organised Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and oversaw Cuba's overseas military interventions, particularly in Africa. Castro's political ascent began in 2006 when Fidel fell ill, leading him to serve as acting president before formally becoming president in 2008. He served as president until 2018.…