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On 30 March, a Russian oil tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, carrying 100,000 tonnes of crude oil, or 730,000 barrels, arrived in Havana.
The tanker’s destination and docking point was Matanzas, not Havana.
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Reporting on the Anatoly Kolodkin places the vessel at Matanzas, not Havana.
- The Maritime Executive reported that the tanker "docked at Cuba's Matanzas terminal" on March 31.
- Reuters reporting on March 30 described it as closing in on the Cuban port of Matanzas.
So the article gets the arrival location wrong.
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- Sanctioned Russian Tanker Docks in Cuba Bringing Badly Needed Crude Oil
The Russian-flagged tanker Anatoly Kolodkin docked at Cuba's Matanzas terminal on Tuesday morning, March 31.
- Sanctioned Russian-flagged oil tanker closes in on Cuban port of Matanzas By Reuters
The tanker sparked intrigue in early March when it loaded at Russia’s Primorsk port... before making its way across the Atlantic Ocean toward Cuba.
On 25 February, the United States emitted a license allowing companies to resell Venezuelan oil to Cuba's private sector.
Treasury did not issue a blanket license authorizing such sales. OFAC said it would apply a favorable policy to specific license applications.
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This overstates what the U.S. Treasury actually did.
OFAC's own FAQ says it would "implement a favorable licensing policy toward specific license applications" for resale of Venezuelan-origin oil for use in Cuba. That is not the same thing as issuing a general or blanket license that already allowed companies to do it.
The distinction matters because Treasury described a case-by-case licensing policy, with conditions excluding transactions involving Cuban military, intelligence, government institutions, Cuba Restricted List entities, and Cuban-owned financial institutions.
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- 1238 | Office of Foreign Assets Control
OFAC would implement a favorable licensing policy toward specific license applications seeking authorization for the resale of Venezuelan-origin oil for use in Cuba... This favorable licensing policy is directed towards transactions that support the Cuban people, including the Cuban private sector.
Cuba initially agreed to release 51 political prisoners.
Cuba announced the release of 51 prisoners, but contemporaneous reporting said it was not known whether any of them were political prisoners.
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Multiple contemporaneous sources describe this as a plan to release 51 prisoners/people from prison, not specifically 51 political prisoners.
- The Associated Press reported on March 12, 2026 that Cuba "would release 51 people from the island’s prisons" and added: "It wasn't immediately known if any of the people the government plans to release are political prisoners."
- Vatican News, summarizing the Cuban government’s own statement, likewise said Cuba had decided to release "51 people serving prison sentences" in the coming days.
So the article overstates what was known at the time by converting an unspecified group of prisoners into confirmed political prisoners.
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- Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move
HAVANA - Cuba's government said Thursday night that it would release 51 people from the island's prisons in an unexpected move... It wasn't immediately known if any of the people the government plans to release are political prisoners.
- Cuba to release 51 prisoners during Holy Week following talks with Holy See
The Government of Cuba has decided to release, in the coming days, 51 people serving prison sentences.
On 3 April 2026, Cuba released more than 2,000 prisoners.
Reporting on April 3 said Cuba announced and began a 2,010-prisoner release; it did not show that more than 2,000 had already been released that day.
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This sentence compresses an announcement and a multi-step release process into a completed event.
- AP reported that the Cuban government said on April 2 it would release 2,010 prisoners, and specifically noted that officials didn't say when they were being released.
- Reuters reported on April 3 that Cuba began releasing prisoners that Friday after announcing the amnesty the day before.
Those sources support that the government announced a 2,010-prisoner release and that releases started on April 3, not that more than 2,000 prisoners had already been released on April 3.
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- Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government
The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners... It didn't say when they were being released or under what conditions.
- Cuba begins releasing prisoners under scrutiny of rights groups, U.S. govt By Reuters
HAVANA, April 3 (Reuters) - Cuba began releasing prisoners from its jails on Friday just hours after its communist-run government announced a sweeping amnesty... More than 2,000 prisoners are slated to be released.