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Cuba to release more than 2,000 prisoners, as pressure from US mounts

US President Trump has made clear his desire to change Cuba's leadership and has placed the country under an oil embargo.

Cuba Says It Is Pardoning More Than 2,000 Prisoners

The Cuban government said the releases were a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week. It was not clear if they were related to ongoing negotiations between Cuba and the United States.

By Francesca Regalado

Cuba says it will release over 2,000 prisoners as U.S. keeps up pressure

The move, described by the communist government as a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture,” comes as the U.S. enforces a crippling oil blockade on the island.

By Samantha Schmidt

Cuba pardons over 2,000 prisoners amid US pressure

The Cuban presidency announced that the individuals being freed include young people, women and prisoners over 60 years old who are scheduled for early release within the next six months to a year.

Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government

The Cuban government said the pardons were a "humanitarian gesture" in connection with Holy Week and didn't mention mounting pressures with the U.S.

By The Associated Press

Cuba to pardon more than 2,000 prisoners amid US pressure

Releasing political prisoners in Cuba has long been a US core demand as oil blockade continues.

Cuba pardons 2,010 prisoners in ‘humanitarian’ gesture amid US pressure

Cuba’s government announced on Thursday that it was pardoning 2,010 prisoners as a “humanitarian” gesture during Holy Week, after pledging in March to release dozens amid heightened US pressure on Havana. The major announcement comes days after US President Donald Trump eased a de facto oil blockade of Cuba by allowing a Russian tanker to deliver crude to the fuel-starved island. The Trump administration has called for change in communist-run Cuba’s system of government and the US president h...

By Agence France-Presse

Cuba announces release of over 2,000 prisoners as a ‘humanitarian and sovereign gesture’

The mass pardon comes amid ongoing negotiations between Havana and Washington and just a week after Donald Trump gave an initial sign of easing the oil embargo

By David Marcial Pérez

Amid Iran war, Russia to send oil tanker to crisis-hit Cuba as island nation grapples with US blocking fuel supply

During an official visit in Saint Petersburg, Cuban Deputy PM told RT that Havana and Moscow ‘have begun efforts to achieve stability in fuel supplies’

Cuba to release more than 2,000 prisoners, as pressure from US mounts

Cuba will free 2,010 prisoners as part of a "humanitarian and sovereign gesture," it announced on Thursday, as it faces continued political pressure from the US.

By Emmanuel Tetteh