Cuba to pardon more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade
Havana calls releases a humanitarian Holy Week gesture as Russian tankers allowed to reach oil-starved island Cuba has announced plans to pardon 2,010 prisoners as a “humanitarian” gesture during Holy Week, amid heightened US pressure on the government in Havana. The announcement on Thursday came days after Donald Trump eased a de facto oil blockade of Cuba by allowing a Russian tanker to deliver crude oil to the fuel-starved island nation.
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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