Jorge Ramos, Mark Knoller to Raul Castro: Here's that list of political prisoners you asked for

Brett T. | 2:14 AM on March 22, 2016

Remember when Secretary of State John Kerry and his crack team of negotiators finally hammered out the details of the historic Iran nuclear deal, but deliberately left American prisoners out of the talks so as “not to hold a nuclear agreement hostage to hostages”?

President Obama is of course in Cuba this week, and had made it clear in an interview with ABC News that he wouldn’t be presenting Raul Castro with a list of dissidents who should be freed as part of the normalization of relations between America and Cuba.

Pres. Obama says he won't give Pres. Raul Castro a list of political prisoners to release: https://t.co/rBylgUSIG9 https://t.co/8ysxwgfHzg

— ABC News (@ABC) March 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/712057786436296704

Yes, Castro did indeed say that, given a list of political prisoners, he’d release them by the end of the day. Did we detect a note of sarcasm there?

Raul Castro erupted when @Acosta asked about Cuban political prisoners. "Show me the list! What political prisoners? Give me a name!"

— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) March 21, 2016

So Raul Castro tells @Acosta there are no political prisoners in Cuba, given a list, he'd release them tonight. Okay…

— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) March 21, 2016

WOW: 1) CNN asks Raul Castro why he's keeping political prisoners and 2) Castro, pissed, says give him a list and he'll release em tonight

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2016

Castro says if reporter can provide list of political prisoners in Cuba, they will be released before the night ends.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 21, 2016

Here’s that list you requested, Mr. President.

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation says it has a list of "Forgotten 51" political prisoners in Cuba. pic.twitter.com/xv0B4aY0gz

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) March 21, 2016