HAVANA The Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday that Cuba's communist government has agreed to free 52 political prisoners and allow them to leave the country in what would be the island's largest ...

Cuba announced earlier this year that it was releasing 553 prisoners, including political prisoners, “in the spirit of” then Pope Francis’ 2025 Holy Year. Pope Francis died in April.

"All the mothers of prisoners want our children to be free and out of that suffering, out of that hell that is the prisons in Cuba. They should never have been in prison," Fonseca told AFP.

President Trump on Monday signed a presidential memorandum to restore hard-line U.S. policy toward Cuba, reversing the Biden administration’s late-term efforts to ease some restrictions on the ...

U.S. officials met with Cuban activists in Havana to advocate for political prisoners and support democracy amidst heightened diplomatic tensions and Cuban government accusations against the U.S.

Ferrer was one of the most prominent political prisoners on the island and had been released in January under a deal brokered by the Vatican and the Biden administration in exchange for the U.S ...

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.

In an interview held in Rome, and published on March 30 in the Spanish language Catholic magazine Nueva Vida (New Life), Cardinal Ortega denied that there were any political prisoners in Cuba.

Trump outlined key policy objectives in this week’s memo, including stricter enforcement of a ban on tourism to Cuba and prohibiting “economic practices that disproportionately benefit the ...