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VOA Spanish: Why could newly released Cuban prisoners return to jail? 


Juan Yainier Antomarchi Nunez holds his son Angelo in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 16, 2025, after being conditionally released from detention for participating in 2021 anti-government protests.
Juan Yainier Antomarchi Nunez holds his son Angelo in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 16, 2025, after being conditionally released from detention for participating in 2021 anti-government protests.

Cuba has released just over 100 prisoners out of the 533 it promised to free as part of a gesture that coincided with the reversal of some U.S. measures to pressure the Havana government. Those measures were later revoked by President Donald Trump. What are the terms under which the prisoners were released, and why could they be returned to prison?

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