Havana, Dec 9, 2025 (AFP) - Former Cuban minister sentenced to life in prison for spying

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2025-12-09

A former Cuban finance minister was sentenced to life in prison for espionage and economic crimes, the Supreme Court said Monday. "The Court has imposed a single sentence of life imprisonment" for "espionage crimes" and "acts detrimental to economic activity or contract execution," the country's highest judicial authority said in a press release. The court did not detail what Alejandro Gil -- who served from 2018 to 2024 as minister of economy an......

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