53rd anniversary of Castro's overthrow of the Cuban government |
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Cuba's President Raul Castro speaks to fellow Communist Party Central Committee member Jose Ramon Balaguer during a parliamentary meeting in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011. Cuba's parliament met Friday in one of its twice-yearly sessions to get an update from President Raul Castro on the island's economic situation after a year of free-market reforms. During the closing speech Castro announced Cuba's supreme governing body has granted a pardon to nearly 3,000 prisoners, including some convicted of political crimes, though no mention was made of Alan Gross, an American government subcontractor arrested in 2009 and sentenced to 15 years in jail for crimes against the state. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina) |
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