Spain Demands Immediate Release of ABC Reporter Detained in Cuba

Spain Demands Immediate Release of ABC Reporter Detained in Cuba
Spain's new Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, walks outside Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, on July 13, 2021. Javier Barbancho/Reuters
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MADRID—Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called on Cuba on Tuesday to immediately release Camila Acosta, a journalist detained in Havana on Monday after covering civil unrest in the country for Spanish newspaper ABC.

“Spain defends the right to demonstrate freely and peacefully and asks the Cuban authorities to respect it. ... We demand the immediate release of Camila Acosta,” tweeted Albares on his second day on the job.