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[Judi Lynn]

2. Washington Post article from 1996 re: the shootdown

CUBAN ACTION'S TIMING PUZZLING TO OBSERVERS
By Douglas Farah
February 27, 1996

For the last year, the Cuban government has worked diligently to end its isolation. It obtained foreign financing for a crucial sugar harvest and reestablished diplomatic and trade relations with countries across the hemisphere. It even signed an unprecedented agreement with its nemesis, the United States, to stop illegal immigration.

These recent successes, which have accompanied a small but significant improvement in the Cuban economy after years of decline, make the decision to shoot down two civilian aircraft belonging to the Miami-based Brothers to the Rescue group perplexing to many Cuba analysts.

A U.S. official traveling here with Secretary of State Warren Christopher said Washington has come up with "no credible explanation" for why the Cubans, after tolerating months of illegal flights, decided to shoot the planes down now. Washington has concluded at this point that the incident was a "screw-up," he added.

More:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/02/27/cuban-actions-timing-puzzling-to-observers/681150c8-57ca-4f19-a423-91bfa2d1829f/