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Sami al-Hajj, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, had not tasted freedom since 2001.

But now he is in his homeland Sudan after spending six years at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was held without charge or trial.

The frail and sick-looking man was delivered to the Sudanese authorities in Khartoum. There he had an emotional reunion with his family as he arrived at hospital.

Amr El-Kahky, who worked with al-Hajj before his imprisonement, went to meet him and sent this report.

Sami Al Hajj, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, had not tasted freedom since 2001.

But now he is in his homeland Sudan after spending six years at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he was held without charge or trial.

The frail and sick looking man was delivered to Sudanese authorities in Khartoum. There he had an emotional reunion with his family as he arrived at hospital.

Amr Al-Kahky, who worked with al Hajj before his imprisonement, went to meet him and sent this report from Khartoum.

Al Jazeera speaks to US tourist Denise Borges in the Cuban capital, Havana, about why she defied her government’s ban on travelling the country and what Americans can learn from travelling there.

Al Jazeera’s Mariana Sanchez reports from Havana on the easing of some restrictions by Raul Castro in a series of reform packages for Cuba.

Investment and private enterprise was till recently “unthinkable” in communist Cuba until the lifting of some restrictions was announced by Castro.

The younger generation of Cubans are more hopeful for a prosperous country, one in which they can afford luxury goods.

This week Frontline USA travels to Miami, Florida and Havana, Cuba to look at the disproportionate power that the Cuban American vote has over a US presidential election.Fidel Castro may have stepped down and his younger brother Raul has taken his place, but in Miami’s Cuban American community, little has changed.As an ethnic and ideological group, they have carved out significant influence in Washington.Donations to political groups and politicians are the second highest in the country, after the Jewish pro-Israel lobby.A key achievement of all the lobbying - an economic embargo that Washington has maintained against Cuba since 1962.The embargo was supposed to bring down the Castro government, but it has failed.The real effect of the embargo has been extreme poverty for ordinary Cubans.The Cuban influence is not only due to financial contributions - the state of Florida is a swing state, with a large number of electoral delegates. The way a few voters behave can have a big impact in a presidential election.