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Shakur’s case had long been a thorny issue in the fraught relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

She fled to Cuba after being convicted in the killing of a police officer but denied the shooting.

Premiering on Friday, this new documentary tells the story of Omara Portuondo, the legendary Afro-Cuban chanteuse who rose to international fame with the Buena Vista Social Club.

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison where she'd been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died at the age of 78. She was also the…

The fugitive revolutionary spent decades in exile after escaping from a US jail in 1979.

A member of a Black militant group, she was found guilty in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, escaped from prison and fled to Cuba, where she taught and wrote.

A woman convicted of murdering a New Jersey State Trooper more than 50 years ago has died in Cuba, officials announced.

The Cuban government has announced that exiled activist Assata Shakur died in Havana on Thursday at 78. She was an activist within the Black Liberation Army.

Shakur spent decades exiled after she was convicted of killing a state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prison

Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, was convicted of murdering a state trooper in 1973 and escaped prison in 1979.

Offering Shakur asylum was one of the most famous examples of Cuba aligning itself with what it describes as revolutionary forces struggling against the oppressive capitalist empire to the north.

Assata Shakur had lived in exile in Cuba since 1979, after escaping a prison sentence for killing a police officer.

Shakur’s case had long been a thorny issue in the fraught relations between the U.S. and Cuba. American authorities.

Shakur’s case had long been a thorny issue in the fraught relations between the U.S. and Cuba. American authorities.

Tupac Shakur's godmother and convicted cop killer Assata Shakur - who escaped jail and fled to Cuba in 1979 - has died aged 78.

Cuban officials said Joanne Chesimard, who escaped prison in 1979 after being convicted of murdering New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, has died.

The Cuban government said she died due to “health conditions and advanced age.”

The Cuban government said she died due to “health conditions and advanced age.”

The Cuban government said she died due to “health conditions and advanced age.”