US EditionPanama thanks Cuba for releasing 3 of its citizens as 7 others remain detained
Panama said Cuba released the women after nearly two months and vowed to keep pressing for the seven others still detained.
- On Friday, Cuban authorities released three of 10 Panamanian citizens detained in Havana since February 28, Panama's Foreign Ministry announced.
- Cuban officials arrested the 10 Panamanians in late February for producing signs with content contrary to the constitutional order, an offense punishable by three to eight years in prison.
- Cuba's Interior Ministry asserted the detainees were paid between $1,000 and $1,500 to create signs "once the objective was achieved," though officials described the releases as a humanitarian gesture.
- Panama's government thanked Cuban President Miguel and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr for facilitating the release while pursuing diplomatic efforts for the remaining detainees.
- The arrests occurred days after Cuban coast guard forces intercepted a separate boat from the United States carrying armed individuals, as Panama continues pressing for resolution.
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Panama thanks Cuba for releasing 3 of its citizens as 7 others remain detained
Panama’s government says Cuba has released three of 10 of its citizens detained on the island earlier this year and accused of fabricating subversive propaganda.
The Panamanian authorities reiterated that diplomatic efforts to achieve an early resolution of the situation of Panamanian citizens still on Cuban territory will continue.
The Government of Panama has announced that three of its citizens detained in Cuba have been released and have returned to the country, while seven others remain in detention, inform AP. According to an official statement, the three people released — all women — have already arrived in Panama. The authorities have thanked the Cuban government for this gesture and have transmitted that they will continue their efforts to resolve the situation of …
Panama thanked Cuba for the gesture and stated that it would continue its efforts to ensure the well-being of the other seven Panamanians who remain in detention and an early resolution of their situation.
Three Panamanians who were imprisoned in Cuba, from a group of 10 citizens of the Central American country accused of doing critical graffiti with the Miguel Díaz-Canel government in Havana, returned this Saturday to Panama. The entry Three Panamanians imprisoned in Cuba for doing graffiti against the government returned to Panama was first published in the Digital Process.
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