Today, Cuba’s government accused 10 people aboard a US-registered speedboat it intercepted off Cuba’s coast of planning “an infiltration with terrorist aims”.

Cuban border guards shot dead four people and injured the other six on the boat, the Cuban interior ministry said, alleging that those on the Florida-registered vessel had fired first.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was investigating the “highly unusual” incident.

Dimitri Lascaris speaks with author and independent journalist Arnold August about whether the world just witnessed another failed ‘Bay of Pigs’ military aggression from the United States.

*Arnold specializes in Cuban affairs. His books include Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion, and Cuba-U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond. *