Havana, Jan 16, 2025 (AFP) - Cuba frees jailed opposition leader in deal with Biden

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Cuban opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer was among a group of prisoners released Thursday in a landmark deal with departing US President Joe Biden that has led to emotional reunions across the communist island. Ferrer, 54, is the most high-profile of the prisoners that Cuba began freeing Wednesday after Biden agreed to remove the country from Washington's list of terrorism sponsors -- part of an eleventh-hour bid to cement his legacy before han......

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