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Cuba begins to free more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade

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Cuba begins to free more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade
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Havana makes a Holy Week ‘humanitarian’ gesture as Russian tanker is allowed to reach oil-starved island

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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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Source: Guardian - World News

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