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- Washington And The Cuban Migratory Crisis
by Salim Lamrani United States legislation promotes emigration from the island, but for nearly a month now, thousands of Cubans attempting to travel to the United States have been blocked in Costa Rica. Nearly 6,000 Cubans wishing to emigrate to the United...
- Normalization Of Relations Between Cuba And The Us?
by Ángel Guerra Cabreratranslation Cuba - Network in Defense of Humanity An eventual normalization with the United States can only be achieved after a “long and difficult” process Cuban authorities claim. What has been achieved is the reestablishment...
- Declaration Of The Government Of The Republic Of Cuba On Cubans Stranded In Costa Rica
The Government of the Republic of Cuba reiterates its commitment to a legal, orderly and safe migration; it will continue guaranteeing the right to travel and emigration of Cuban citizens and return to the country, as required by the immigration legislation....
- Cuban Migrants In Costa Rica: Missing Questions
by Iroel Sánchezsource La Pupila Insomnetranslation Cuba - Network in Defense of Humanity Reading the wave of publications on the Cuban migrants trapped between Costa Rica and Nicaragua intend to reach the US and take Advantage of the Law of Cuban Adjustment,...
- Cuban Ministry Of Foreign Relations Statement On Situation With Cuban Immigrants
soruce Granma A complex situation has developed recently involving more than 1,000 Cubans who have arrived in Costa Rica, from other countries in the region, with the intention of traveling to the United States Over the last few days, a complex situation...
Cuba USA
The Manufacture Of Cuban Political Refugees
by Manuel E. Yepe
source http://manuelyepe.wordpress.com/
A CubaNews translation.
The United States is conducting massive raids to deport migrants from Mexico and Central America; and the fact that there are already two million people deported by the government of Barack Obama (462 000 last year, i.e., 265, per day) has been barely reported by the corporate media in the United States and other countries in the continent where the media dictatorship imposed by Washington is felt.
This is in contrast with the much-repeated news that about seven thousand Cuban migrants were left stranded in Costa Rica while traveling to the United States, drawn by the opportunities available under the Cuban Adjustment Act. Since 1966, this law has promoted the irregular migration of Cubans to the United States with a view to attracting Cuban talent, and as a contribution to the hostile propaganda campaign against the island that Washington has been holding for more than half a century.
This issue is discussed at the Cubainformación website, based in Spain. Its coordinator, José Manzaneda, points out that, unlike the usual migrants, those eligible under the Adjustment Act receive from the US government social aid, papers and residence documents that automatically converts them into “political refugees”.
“The cynicism of this double migratory game by Washington becomes even more evident when it is the UN agencies themselves who classify these people as economic migrants. In addition, the International Organization for Migration has recognized what the Cuban government has repeatedly said: these Cubans left the country in a legal and regular way, they can keep leaving and they will continue leaving the country to achieve their goals as the economic migrants they are.”
“It is understandable that among those planning to migrate to the United States under the privileged conditions of the Cuban Adjustment Act there was panic when, on December 17, 2014 the Presidents of Cuba and the United States announced their intention to normalize relations between their nations beginning with the restoration of diplomatic links.”
This announcement raised among them the fear that the Adjustment Act would be quickly repealed because of its totally abnormal content.Many of them chose to speed up their emigration plans.
In the great scandal of the Cuban exiles stranded in Central America there is only one responsible source: the sick US hostility against Cuba. However, there are many damaged and humiliated.
Several countries in Central America have suffered imperial arrogance. They have seen their security violated or threatened because of a problem that is not specifically theirs, but that contaminates them with the always dangerous and harmful effects of the human and drug trafficking gangs that swarm the area.
The news about the fate of the Cubans highlighted the contrast between the humiliating discrimination the US applies to its Latin American neighbors while granting “privileges” to the Cubans for their independence. Even The New York Times termed the immigration privilege to Cubans as “an absurd US policy” and called for its repeal.
Finally, there is a question that no media seem willing to answer: why Cuban migrants do not fly directly to the US from their country, as it has been proven that they have the money to do so? They also complied with all the legal requirements established under Cuban immigration laws.
But the response would completely expose the cynicism of the White House. This is because the United States had denied all these people a legal entry visa or, somehow had made them assume that it would not be granted with the necessary speed to take advantage of the Adjustment Act.
Some of these people stated that to finance the trip they had sold their homes, cars and other goods to gain access to the US paradise granted to them under the Cuban Adjustment Act, which is not offered to any non-Cuban citizen in the universe.
But the astonishing thing is that if these people travel 5,500 kilometers, pay thousands of dollars to coyotes, and risk their lives to enter the United States illegally, then they are eligible for the status of “refugees” and would be granted residency. This is, shocking, Machiavellian and Kafkaesque, says Manzaneda.
- Washington And The Cuban Migratory Crisis
by Salim Lamrani United States legislation promotes emigration from the island, but for nearly a month now, thousands of Cubans attempting to travel to the United States have been blocked in Costa Rica. Nearly 6,000 Cubans wishing to emigrate to the United...
- Normalization Of Relations Between Cuba And The Us?
by Ángel Guerra Cabreratranslation Cuba - Network in Defense of Humanity An eventual normalization with the United States can only be achieved after a “long and difficult” process Cuban authorities claim. What has been achieved is the reestablishment...
- Declaration Of The Government Of The Republic Of Cuba On Cubans Stranded In Costa Rica
The Government of the Republic of Cuba reiterates its commitment to a legal, orderly and safe migration; it will continue guaranteeing the right to travel and emigration of Cuban citizens and return to the country, as required by the immigration legislation....
- Cuban Migrants In Costa Rica: Missing Questions
by Iroel Sánchezsource La Pupila Insomnetranslation Cuba - Network in Defense of Humanity Reading the wave of publications on the Cuban migrants trapped between Costa Rica and Nicaragua intend to reach the US and take Advantage of the Law of Cuban Adjustment,...
- Cuban Ministry Of Foreign Relations Statement On Situation With Cuban Immigrants
soruce Granma A complex situation has developed recently involving more than 1,000 Cubans who have arrived in Costa Rica, from other countries in the region, with the intention of traveling to the United States Over the last few days, a complex situation...