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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Eight Reasonable Border Security Proposals (That Are Not a Wall)
1. Renovate land ports of entry, and staff them properly. The vast majority of heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border does so at “ports of entry,” the 48 official land crossings through which millions of people, vehicles, and cargo pass every day. “The most common method employed by Mexican TCOs ...
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 ...
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 …
About Us - The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
WOLA is a leading research and advocacy organization advancing human rights in the Americas. We envision a future where public policies protect human rights and recognize human dignity, and where justice overcomes violence. WOLA tackles problems that transcend borders and demand cross-border solutions. We create strategic partnerships with ...
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.
Halfway to the U.S.: A Report from Honduras on Migration
Jun 2, 2023 · Overview: Four current and former WOLA staff members—Adam Isacson, Maureen Meyer, Ana Lucia Verduzco, and Joy Olson—visited Honduras from April 26th to May 5th, 2023. Why we visited: WOLA has done extensive research on the U.S.-Mexico border, throughout Mexico and the Mexico-Guatemala border, and the Darién Gap has begun to draw attention. But the U.S – Mexico border is the end of a ...
Ayotzinapa Fact Sheet: Investigating the Enforced Disappearance …
Feb 24, 2016 · The active participation of state authorities in the students’ disappearance deems it an “enforced disappearance.”. To date, the fate of only one of the 43 students has been confirmed. In December 2014, through DNA testing, a specialized lab at the University of Innsbruck in Austria identified a sample of remains that belong to Alexander ...