HAVANA—Former US president Jimmy Carter launched a three-day mission in Cuba on Monday aimed at easing tensions with Havana, and raising hopes a jailed US government contractor may be freed. Carter, 86, is visiting the communist-run island at the invitation of the Cuban government for talks to help improve strained relations between Washington and Havana. The Carter Center said the former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate was visiting as part of a “private, nongovernmental mission.” But officials have said Carter was asked by Washington to intercede in the case of jailed American…
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