Cuban dissidents José Daniel Ferrer and Félix Navarro, who were released earlier this year under a Vatican-brokered deal, were detained again shortly after Pope Francis died.

Cuba has not reported how many of the 553 releases were linked to the 2021 protests or disclosed a full list of the freed prisoners. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

Cuba's top tribunal said late on Monday 553 prisoners had been released following a deal brokered by the Vatican that seemed in limbo after U.S. President Donald Trump reversed a Biden ...

In a reversal, the U.S. State Department has reinstated a few contracts funding Cuban independent news outlets, humanitarian aid delivery and support for political prisoners in Cuba that it had ...

Ferrer was one among over 500 prisoners released on parole earlier this year following a deal between the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden and Cuba, brokered by the Vatican.

Cuba completed this week the agreed-upon release of 553 prisoners. However, it did not report how many were linked to the 2021 protests or disclosed a full list of the freed prisoners.

Canel’s administration has once again imprisoned opposition figures released after negotiations with Pope Francis ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 14, 2025 / 16:40 pm. Earlier this week, Cuba completed the release of 553 prisoners despite the collapse of a deal with the United States, Vatican News reported.

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's government has agreed to free seven more prisoners, the Roman Catholic Church announced Saturday. Six convicted of crimes against state security are bound for Spain, but ...