Pope welcomes Cuba's prisoner release following talks with Vatican as part of long-standing dialogue
Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be undertaken elsewhere, as he welcomed an agreement the Vatican helped facilitate as part of a three-way dialogue with Washington and Havana that dates back to the Cuban missile crisis.
Cuba begins prisoners’ release
Cuba started releasing some prisoners Wednesday as part of talks with the Vatican, a day after President Joe Biden's administration announced his intent to lift the U.S. designation of the island nation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Biden to lift Cuba's designation as terror sponsor in exchange for release of prisoners
The Biden administration will remove Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list as part of a deal for the release of political prisoners in exchange for an easing of restrictions.
Cuba says mass prisoner release not related to terror designation reversal
Cuba began releasing some of its prisoners Thursday in the hours after President Joe Biden lifted its status as a state sponsor of terrorism. President-elect Donald Trump gave Cuba the status in his National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 during his first term,
Cuba releases a prominent dissident as part of plan to free more than 500 prisoners
Cuba on Thursday released prominent dissident José Daniel Ferrer from prison, as part of a government decision to gradually free more than 500 prisoners following talks with the Vatican. Ferrer, a strong opponent of the island's communist government,
Cuba to release 553 prisoners following talks with Vatican
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Tuesday his government would "gradually" release 553 prisoners following talks with the Vatican, a decision announced just hours after the Biden administration said it would loosen a host of sanctions on the island.
Cuba starts freeing prisoners after US says it will remove terrorism designation
At the end of his one-term presidency, Joe Biden announced that Cuba will no longer be included on a list of state sponsors of terrorism.View on euronews
Cuba: NGOs fear deceptive release of political prisoners
The Havana regime has released around 20 detainees following Washington's announcement that the island has been removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Cuba frees prominent dissident leader José Daniel Ferrer as part of deal with the U.S.
Ferrer, the leader of the dissident organization Patriotic Union of Cuba, had previously been in prison because of his ...
Cuba releases jailed dissident, rights activist Jose Daniel Ferrer
Cuban dissident and human rights activist Jose Daniel Ferrer told Reuters on Thursday he had been released from jail and was ...
Freed Cuban Dissident: The Church and Biden Got Duped
Hundreds more Cuban dissidents are expected to be released in the coming days in a deal with President Biden, but even a top ...
Freed opposition leader Ferrer urges Trump to be firm with Cuba, help alleviate hunger
(Tribune News Service) — Just hours after his release from prison on Thursday, Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer ...
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Cuba prisoner release after terror delisting marks last-gasp reset in US ties before Trump return
Cuba on January 15 began releasing prisoners under a deal with outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration to remove the ...
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley celebrates US-Cuba deal, says he ‘carried messages’ between presidents and Pope Francis
The deal, which comes less than a week before President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, also includes rolling ...