Understanding the Failure of the U.S. Embargo on Cuba - WOLA
Feb 4, 2022 · On February 3, 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The 60th anniversary of the embargo is a stark reminder of the United States’ policy failures of the longest lasting series of sanctions in its foreign policy history. Today, more than half a century since the embargo was put in place, the Biden administration ...
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Old, the New and What Should Come Next
Dec 16, 2022 · On May 15, 2022, as part of its new set of policies towards Cuba, the Biden administration authorized scheduled and charter flights between the United States and locations beyond Havana. It also reinstated group people-to-people and other categories of educational travel, as well as certain travel related to professional meetings and ...
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Migration, country by country, at the U.S.-Mexico border
Nov 23, 2022 · Mexico: Mexico is nearly always the number-one country of origin for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Until 2012, over 85 percent of migrants whom Border Patrol apprehended were citizens of Mexico. By 2019, that had fallen to 20 percent; Mexican migrants made up 33 percent in fiscal year 2022 (October 2021-September 2022), and 28 percent in ...
Cuba - WOLA
Cuba today is grappling with an unprecedented political, social, and economic crisis, fueling record levels of emigration. U.S. policy toward Cuba, however, remains entrenched in an outdated paradigm centered on maintaining an economic embargo. Fundamental human rights are routinely restricted in Cuba, including the right to peaceful protest, freedom of expression and association, and due […]
Cuban Migration is Changing, the U.S. Must Take Note - WOLA
Mar 25, 2022 · According to recent figures by the U.S. Coast Guard, 852 Cubans have been intercepted at sea since October 2021, compared to 839 in the entire 2021 fiscal year. Cuban authorities confirmed that 1,255 migrants returned to Havana in 2021 in bilateral operations coordinated with the United States, Mexico, the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas.
The United States’ Influence on Latin America’s New Militarism
Nov 22, 2021 · by. As it shifts to “great power competition,” the United States must avoid a repeat of the harm its assistance programs caused to Latin America’s civil-military relations during the Cold War. At a time of increasing populist authoritarianism in the region, the United States must resist the temptation to distinguish between “good” and ...
Seven Facts about MS-13 and How to Combat the Gang - WOLA
Jul 18, 2017 · In recent months the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang has been placed front and center in the national U.S. immigration debate. Between four congressional hearings and much media attention, there is a lot of information, opinions, and misinformation swirling around policy circles about the group. WOLA has been following gang …
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10 Things to Know About the End of Title 42 - WOLA
On May 23, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had planned to terminate the policy because of the pandemic’s reduced severity, but were blocked by a suit brought in federal court by Republican state attorneys-general. In November 2022, a federal judge struck down the Title 42 policy, finding it “arbitrary and ...