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Group of Cubans Denounce Scammer Who Offers Visas and Entry to United States for $6,000

14ymedio, Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 13 January 2022 — “It’s a scam,” Facebook users warned Roberto when he asked how reliable the announcement that Andrés Ramiro Naranjo Pardo uploaded to social networks might be, in which he offered to cross migrants to the United States. “I’ll pass you to the US with ’parole’* included,” read this … Continue reading “Group of Cubans Denounce Scammer Who Offers Visas and Entry to United States for $6,000”

Cuban Carla Colome Wins the Prize for Young Journalism in the Vargas Llosa-Atlas Network Chair

EFE/14ymedio, Miami, 15 December 2021 — The Cuban journalist Carla Colomé, exiled in the United States, who works for the independent digital El Estornudo and People magazine in Spanish, is the first winner of the International Prize for Young Journalism in the Vargas Llosa-Atlas Network Chair. She received the prize for her reporting on the July 11 protests in Cuba. … Continue reading “Cuban Carla Colome Wins the Prize for Young Journalism in the Vargas Llosa-Atlas Network Chair”

Suspicion Grows that the Cuban Regime is Preparing a Slow Motion Mariel* Through Nicaragua

14ymedio, Havana, 24 November, 2021 — There was not a soul this Tuesday in the basement of the Habana Libre hotel where long lines used to form to buy tickets to Nicaragua’s capital city, Managua, but the storm is coming. After Nicaragua made public this Monday that it will stop requiring visas for Cubans, it only remains … Continue reading “Suspicion Grows that the Cuban Regime is Preparing a Slow Motion Mariel* Through Nicaragua”

Number of Cuban Migrants Crossing the Darian Migrants Doubles

14ymedio, Lorey Saman, Mexico, 27 September 2021 — Cuba is the country with the second most migrants (10,742) who have crossed into Panama through the Darien jungle in the first eight months of 2021. The only country that surpasses it, which is far ahead, is Haiti, with 43,623, according to statistics from the National Migration … Continue reading “Number of Cuban Migrants Crossing the Darian Migrants Doubles”

Colombian Authorities Intercept 18 Cubans in the Gulf of Uraba

14ymedio, Lorey Saman, Mexico, August 6, 2021 — The Colombian National Navy intercepted a boat carrying 18 undocumented Cubans in the Gulf of Urabá, in the north of the country, El Tiempo newspaper reported this Friday. This area of the Caribbean Sea, which connects towns such as Necoclí and Capurganá, is a necessary route for … Continue reading “Colombian Authorities Intercept 18 Cubans in the Gulf of Uraba”

Cubans Stuck in Colombia Want a “Humanitarian Bridge” to Panama

14ymedio, Lorey Saman, Havana, February 4, 2021 — More than a thousand migrants trapped in Necoclí, Colombia, are staying in tents and experiencing hunger and disease due to poor sanitary conditions. On Thursday, a first group managed to leave on a boat for the Panamanian border. When they get to Capurganá, they will try to … Continue reading “Cubans Stuck in Colombia Want a “Humanitarian Bridge” to Panama”

Cubans and Other Migrants in a Critical Situation at the Frontier of Colombia and Panama

14ymedio, Lorey Saman, Mexico, 29 January 2021 — More than 100 Cubans have been stranded for 23 days in the Colombian border municipality of Necoclí, in the department of Antioquia, along with hundreds of Haitians, Venezuelans and other migrants. They are waiting to be transported by boat to a point in Panama in order to … Continue reading “Cubans and Other Migrants in a Critical Situation at the Frontier of Colombia and Panama”

Two Lives Drowned in the Rio Grande

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 26 June 2019 – “I have a brother in Houston,” “I can’t find work,” “There’s a lot of violence here,” were some of the reasons to emigrate that three young people with sparkling eyes told me, haltingly. I was with them in a remote village in El Salvador – barely a … Continue reading “Two Lives Drowned in the Rio Grande”

Panamanian Arrested for Transporting 10 Cubans Over the Border With Colombia

14ymedio, Miami, September 10, 2018 — The Panama border police announced this Sunday the detention of a Panamanian who was transporting ten Cubans through a zone of the border with Colombia, in an alleged case of human trafficking. The Panamanian, whose identity was not revealed, was driving a truck containing the ten Cubans, and was … Continue reading “Panamanian Arrested for Transporting 10 Cubans Over the Border With Colombia”

Cuban Couple Prefers to Face the Jungle Rather Than the Law in Cuba

14ymedio, Mario J. Penton, Panama City, 2 July 2017 – They managed to escape Cuba to leave behind traces of corruption and negligence that, according to Yudenny Sao Labrado and her husband Yoendry Batista, reflect the prevailing system on the island. From a neighborhood on the outskirts of Panama City, the couple relates the story … Continue reading “Cuban Couple Prefers to Face the Jungle Rather Than the Law in Cuba”

Panama Will Deport Almost 500 Cubans in the Coming Weeks / 14ymedio, Mario Penton

Video: Lajas Blancas Camp Where Almost 100 Cubans Are Living 14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 2 March 2017 – In the next few weeks Panama will deport almost 500 Cubans who remain undocumented in the country, after being stranded by the end of the United States’ wet foot/dry foot policy in January, which had previously allowed … Continue reading “Panama Will Deport Almost 500 Cubans in the Coming Weeks / 14ymedio, Mario Penton”

Measuring Hopelessness / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez

El Pais/14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez,12 February 2017 — Statistics are deceiving. They only reflect measurable values, tangible realities. International agencies cram us with numbers that measure development, life expectancy or educational attainment, but seldom succeed in grading dissatisfaction, fear, and discouragement. Frequently in their reports they describe a Latin America and its inhabitants encased in a fog of digits. … Continue reading “Measuring Hopelessness / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez”

Between 2 And 100 Cubans Expelled From Panama, According To Sources / 14ymedio, Mario Penton

14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 9 February 2017 — A Cuban couple were deported Wednesday by the National Migration Service in Panama. Both were detained by the authorities in Guabalá, in Panama’s Chiriquí province. According to immigration sources, the couple entered the country “irregularly.” Both were returned to Uruguay, where they legally reside. Their intention was to reach the … Continue reading “Between 2 And 100 Cubans Expelled From Panama, According To Sources / 14ymedio, Mario Penton”

Thousands Of Cubans Stranded Along The Continent Put Their Hope In Trump / 14ymedio, Mario Penton

14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 18 January 2017 — Abandoned to their fate on islands, in jungles and at borders, thousands of Cubans have not recovered from the surprise measure of Barack Obama’s administration that frustrated the trip for which they sold their few belongings in Cuba to venture to reach American soil. With a soft … Continue reading “Thousands Of Cubans Stranded Along The Continent Put Their Hope In Trump / 14ymedio, Mario Penton”

A Sanctuary For Cuban Migrants On Their Way To The United States / 14ymedio, Mario Penton

14ymedio, Pedro Campos, Miami, 5 January 2017 — Dozens of Cubans take refuge every week in the shelter set up by the social ministry of Caritas in Panama to continue their journey to the United States. Although currently there are no bottlenecks in Central America and the flow of migrants remains constant and away from the … Continue reading “A Sanctuary For Cuban Migrants On Their Way To The United States / 14ymedio, Mario Penton”