Cuba begins to free more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade
by Agence France-Press in Havana from World news | The Guardian on (#74PTH)
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Cuban authorities have begun to free prisoners after announcing they would pardon 2,010 inmates, the second release in less than a month as the country faces heightened US pressure.
More than 20 inmates emerged from La Lima penitentiary in east Havana on Friday, holding their release papers, crying and hugging relatives who had been waiting for them all morning.
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