Nigeria, May 30 -- The United States (US) Department of Justice, on 20 May, charged former Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz, 94, and five others for their alleged roles in the 24 February, 1996 shootdown of two unarmed US civilian aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue (BTTR). The US is demanding the death penalty or life imprisonment for the accused.

But in reality, any intelligent human being should know that this is an excuse for the invasion of Cuba. The US is aware that Cuba will never hand over Raul, the father of the nation and the most famous revolutionary alive.

The US charge can easily be faulted on three main basis. First is the lie it tells which I, sitting in a village in Nigeria, can easily debunk. Secondly, having fou...