By limonta on Skatehive
Source The Cuban government has taken the important and long-awaited step of approving a mass pardon, whereby 2,010 people deprived of their liberty are already being released, according to reports from several media outlets such as CNN and AP. This measure is, in my view, maybe the only one that—on purely political grounds—Cuban authorities can adopt in a context of maximum US pressure, while also defending that there has been no concession or quid pro quo that would compromise sovereignty and the principle of self‑determination. I say it can be "defended" quite deliberately, because the suspicion that every decision announced at this critical moment—whatever it may be—is linked to negotiations with Washington is rational. Nevertheless, despite that, it was worth taking the step, though now we must wait to see its concrete content. The number is quite significant, but all eyes are on the allegedly political prisoners that, according to opposition figures and international organization