HAVANA, April 2 (Reuters) – Cuba on Thursday said it would free 2,010 prisoners from the island’s jails, according to state-run media, the second time this year the country has announced a prisoner amnesty amid ongoing talks with the United States.
Cuba’s state-run Granma newspaper called the decision a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture.”
(Reporting by Dave Sherwood; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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