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- Cuba began releasing 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
- The government says the freed include young people, women, and seniors, but exclude those charged with crimes against authority.
- The release follows a pardon of 51 prisoners as Cuba's energy crisis worsens due to U.S. sanctions.
- The U.S. State Department acknowledged the release and urged liberation of political prisoners, noting 775 remain detained.
