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