U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Old, the New and What Should Come Next
WEBDec 16, 2022 · In 2022, the Biden administration finally took steps that can lay the groundwork for future movement on U.S.-Cuba relations. Since May, the Biden administration has some Trump-era policies on Cuba –including resuming flights as well as facilitating family reunification and remittances– and restored engagement on …
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WEBJoin us as we celebrate WOLA’s 50th anniversary, a half-century of tireless advocacy for human rights in the Americas. In this video, we reflect on the remarkable progress achieved while... WOLA is a 501 (c) (3) organization, gifts are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. Our federal tax identification number is 52-1249353.
Understanding the Failure of the U.S. Embargo on Cuba - WOLA
WEBFeb 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
WEBNov 23, 2022 · The COVID pandemic, and related U.S. efforts to curtail access to asylum, have caused patterns of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border to fluctuate in often sharp and unpredictable ways. The two graphics below indicate the top countries of citizenship of migrants encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in …
What Is WOLA? - WOLA
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · WOLA is one of the leading research and advocacy organizations working to advance human rights in the Americas. We envision a future where public policies in the Americas protect human rights and recognize human dignity, and where justice overcomes violence. WOLA tackles problems that transcend borders and that require both domestic and international solutions. Through […]
About Us - The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
WEBWOLA 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. …
Eight Reasonable Border Security Proposals (That Are Not a Wall)
WEBThe 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 [Transnational Criminal Organizations] involves ...
What is happening in Venezuela? 10 things you need to know
WEBMar 27, 2024 · Here are 10 things to know about what is happening in Venezuela now. On March 5 the Maduro government announced that presidential elections would take place in Venezuela on July 28. The states that elections should be carried out in the second half of the year. However, as the electoral calendar was …
The United States’ Influence on Latin America’s New Militarism
WEBNov 22, 2021 · According to the Security Assistance Monitor database (adjusted with estimates of 2019 Defense budget assistance), U.S. military and police aid to Latin America totaled about $13.5 billion between 2000 and 2009, and about $9.3 billion between 2010 and 2019—even without adjusting for inflation.
The Tragedy in Texas Was Avoidable, Just Like Hundreds of Other …
WEBJun 28, 2022 · Mass death has once again hit the U.S.-Mexico border. And once again, it didn’t have to happen. As the border zone enters the hottest weeks of the summer, the U.S. government must begin, right now, a fundamental re-examination of the policies—the decisions made, and not made—that are leading to …