Cuba: American Ends Hunger Strike

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Alan P. Gross, an American contractor imprisoned in Cuba, ended a hunger strike on Friday after eight days of protesting his treatment by the Cuban and United States governments while he is serving a 15-year prison term for illegally attempting to establish Internet service for Jews in Cuba. “My protest fast is suspended as of today, although there will be further protests to come,” Mr. Gross, 64, said in a statement. His 91-year-old mother urged him to resume eating, according to representatives of his lawyer and family. Mr. Gross, above, was arrested in 2009 while trying to establish an online network for Jews in Havana as a subcontractor for the United States Agency for International Development. The United States has rejected any trade of Cuban agents for Mr. Gross, and no formal talks have taken place.