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Cuba releases over 2,000 prisoners amid mounting US pressure
Al Jazeera
23:45
There have been emotional scenes in Cuba where 2,000 prisoners are being pardoned and released from jail.
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There have been emotional scenes in Cuba where 2,000 prisoners are being pardoned and released from jail.
US President Trump has made clear his desire to change Cuba's leadership and has placed the country under an oil embargo.
The Cuban government says it has pardoned and released 2,010 prisoners, a sweeping move that comes as the island nation grapples with pressure from the Trump administration.
Cuba's government releases over 2,000 prisoners citing good behavior and health conditions as U.S. sanctions worsen the island's economic crisis.
The decision to release the prisoners on the island comes after Washington's most intense pressure campaign in decades, although Havana denies any decision-making under US coercion.
