HAVANA - Cuban authorities freed seven political prisoners on Monday and put them and their families on a flight to Spain where they will live in exile - the start of a promised mass liberation of dissidents that once seemed unthinkable. Omar Ruiz, who had been serving a 12-year sentence for treason, said he and six other former inmates were driven in a van to Havana's Jose Marti International airport, where they were reunited with relatives in a special waiting room. All were then escorted to...
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