{"id":2391318,"date":"2025-01-16T16:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-releases-prisoners-after-losing-terrorism-sponsor-status\/"},"modified":"2025-01-16T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T21:19:02","slug":"cuba-releases-prisoners-after-losing-terrorism-sponsor-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-releases-prisoners-after-losing-terrorism-sponsor-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba releases prisoners after losing terrorism sponsor status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcuba-releases-prisoners-after-losing-terrorism-sponsor-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391318&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text contains a button labeled &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221; that, when clicked, is intended\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-harris-holds-rally-in-phoenix-arizona-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Harris holds rally in Phoenix, Arizona - Washington Examiner\">reveal \u2063additional content<\/a>. 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This followed Biden commuting 1,499 sentences and pardoning 39 Americans last month alone.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba plans to release as many as 553 prisoners in total. Some of the early releases included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/1545416\/slanted-cuba-coverage-echoes-medias-failure-to-expose-soviet-atrocities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"protesters from 2021\">protesters from 2021<\/a>, which added up to nearly the same number that Cuba has promised to release.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is significant that Havana authorities linked this decision directly to Pope Francis&rsquo; appeal, who, in the Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee, and then on several other occasions, called for acts of clemency, as has often occurred during the Holy Year,&rdquo; Cardinal Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said in a statement. &ldquo;We hope that 2025 will continue in this direction and that good news will multiply, especially with a truce for the many ongoing conflicts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Havana did not credit its new status but instead credited the jubilee year for inspiring its clemencies.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Democratic Party condemned Biden&rsquo;s decision to lift sanctions against Cuba. 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