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 ...

Projects supporting political prisoners in Cuba, church groups opposing strongman Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and activists fighting a power grab by Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela were canceled after ...

The young Cuban political prisoner, Duannis Dabel León Taboada, aged 24, has been moved to a solitary confinement cell ...

Earlier this week, Cuba completed the release of 553 prisoners despite the collapse of a deal with the United States, Vatican News reported. In January, under the Catholic Church’s mediation ...

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 ...

According to groups monitoring human rights in Cuba, about 200 of the detainees that authorities freed were political prisoners, and the rest were ordinary criminals.

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.

The State Department has canceled programs supporting political prisoners, religious groups, and activists in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, arguing they are not in the U.S. national interest.

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.