Cuba Begins Releasing Prisoners Following Biden Announcements

Cuba Begins Releasing Prisoners Following Biden Announcements
Dariel Cruz, 23, who has just been released from jail, walks down the road towards his family house in La Guinera neighborhood, Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 15, 2025. David Sherwood/Reuters
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LA GUINERA, Cuba—Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal agreed with the Biden administration this week.

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday removed Cuba from a blacklist of nations that sponsor terrorism and rolled back a raft of sanctions implemented by Donald Trump during his first presidency that have contributed to the communist-run island’s worst economic crisis in decades.