Dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara has been sentenced to five years in prison – Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP POOL A Cuban court has sentenced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was recently released from prison in Cuba after five years. Otero, a prolific artist, was part of the ...

Cuba’s government said Thursday night that it would release 51 people from the island’s prisons in an unexpected move. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the release in the upcoming days stems from ...

Cuba will release 51 prisoners in the coming days as a demonstration of "goodwill" following talks with the Vatican, Havana's government has said. It did not specify whether they included political ...

The Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Cuba is probably the best chance for collapsing the country’s repressive, ...

The National Endowment for Democracy gave its 2026 Democracy Award for freedom of speech to Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Maykel Castillo and Félix Navarro.

The voice in the recording is tense, fuzzy and hard to make out amid a riot of background chatter. Inmates yell to one another in Spanish. Someone slams a door. Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez, 42, ...

Cuba to Free 2,010 Prisoners as US Pressure Ratchets Up By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, April 2 (Reuters) - Cuba late on Thursday said ⁠it ⁠would free more than 2,000 prisoners from ⁠the island's jails, the ...