Cuba's govt pardons over 2,000 prisoners
Havana, April 4 -- 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 mused about "taking" the island. But the two sides have also held talks recently....
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