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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 ...
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 ...
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Old, the New and What Should ... - WOLA
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 ...
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 ...
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 …
Judicial Reform in Mexico: A Setback for Human Rights - WOLA
Aug 20, 2024 · President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed a package of constitutional reforms that would transform the composition of Mexico’s judiciary, among other changes. Mexico’s incoming federal Congress, dominated by the coalition led by ruling party MORENA, could vote on this reform as soon as September.. Below, we summarize some aspects and probable impacts of the judicial reform bill ...
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 ...
The U.S. Government's 2018 Border Data Clearly Shows ... - WOLA
The president’s midterm-campaign rhetoric of “invasions” and “national emergencies” is distracting us from a vastly different reality at the border. This reality bears no resemblance to what the president describes in his rallies. But we do face a historic humanitarian crisis, and the U.S. government urgently needs to change what it’s doing in order to […]
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: April dip in migration ... - WOLA
May 3, 2024 · With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past weekly updates here. Due to an extended period of staff travel and commitments, we will produce Weekly Border Updates irregularly for the next two and a half months. We cannot publish Updates during the next […]