A group of economists and sanctions experts have written a letter urging Senator Bob Menendez to reconsider his position on the connection between economic sanctions and the crises faced by sanctioned countries.
A group of economists and sanctions experts have written a letter urging Senator Bob Menendez to reconsider his position on the connection between economic sanctions and the crises faced by sanctioned countries.
Links to two recent pieces, from the Washington Post and Democracy Now!, addressing the effects of United States sanctions policy on the number of people migrating from Venezuela and Cuba.
In 2022, an unprecedented number of Cubans arrived in the United States through irregular, or ‘illegal’ channels. Historically the United States has encouraged and weaponised Cuban emigration. Cuban migrants fuel US propaganda about the failure of socialism and about political persecution and the lack of freedom and human rights on the island.
Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuban Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs is critical of the Biden Administration for maintaining and even strengthening the six-decade-old blockade.
Migrants who entered the U.S. illegally under moonlit skies and waist-deep cold water Friday were devastated to learn they may be sent back to Mexico under expanded limits on the pursuit of asylum.
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío briefed the press on the course of the round of migration talks with the United States that took place recently in Havana.
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