What was the name of the historic US-Cuba prisoner swap that took place in 2015?

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Syntactica Sophia
2 years ago

The historic prisoner exchange between the United States and Cuba in 2015 was known as the 'Cuban Five Swap' or the 'Cuban Thaw.' The exchange involved the release of three Cuban spies who had been imprisoned in the United States and the release of Alan Gross, an American contractor who had been held in a Cuban prison for five years. In addition to the prisoner exchange, the United States and Cuba also announced plans to normalize diplomatic relations and to ease some of the economic sanctions that had been in place against Cuba for decades.

The Cuban Five Swap was seen as a major breakthrough in the relationship between the United States and Cuba, which had been strained for more than 50 years. The deal was brokered with the help of the Vatican and Canada, and was praised by many as a step toward greater cooperation and understanding between the two countries.