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Cuba releases imprisoned journalist on the condition he exiles himself in the U.S.

People holding a Cuban flag (Credit: Ricardo IV Tamayo/Unsplash.)

In a rare decision, Cuba released this week an imprisoned independent journalist, but did so under the condition that he exile himself in the United States, something that has already happened.

Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca had been in prison since June 2021 after reporting on a protest in Old Havana. He had received a five-year sentence for disseminating "enemy propaganda" and "resisting authorities."

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