U.S. calls for release of jailed contractor in Cuba


HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators called for the immediate release of an American contractor jailed in Havana, during talks on Friday with Cuban officials about migration issues, a U.S. State Department spokesman said in a statement.

Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip Crowley did not say how Cuban negotiators responded. In its own statement about the talks, Cuba did not mention the request or the contractor.

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