Havana, Jan 16, 2025 (AFP) - Cuba frees jailed opposition leader as part of Biden deal

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2025-01-16
Cuba on Thursday released jailed opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer, the dissident's family confirmed, part of a landmark deal struck with departing US President Joe Biden in return for sanctions relief. "Thank God we have him home," Nelva Ortega told AFP of her husband, who has been in and out of prison for the past two decades, his latest stint stretching to three-and-a-half years. Ferrer, 54, is the most high-profile of the prisoners that Cu......
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