Will US invade? Three ways Cuba crisis could play out now The indictment of 94 year old Raúl Castro by the United States has sparked intense speculation about what's next for the island nation.
The timing, coinciding as it does with severe fuel and energy shortages in decades, cannot be ignored. Washington's maximum pressure campaign is bearing fruit, but at what cost to Havana and its people?
A US military intervention to capture Castro is one possibility being floated by officials. Such a move would not be unprecedented – after all, the US has intervened in Venezuela and Panama before.