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U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low
On April 25, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its report on U.S. fertility rates that showed the total fertility rate fell to 1.62 births per woman in 2023, a 2% decline from the prior year and the lowest rate since the government began tracking that data in the 1930’s.[1]
This is attributed to women having fewer children, later in life; to women having fulfilling…
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#U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention#U.S. economy#U.S. fertility rates#U.S. immigration#U.S. labor shortage
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Amnesty International’s Critical Report on Cuban Human Rights
On April 24, Amnesty International released its annual report on human rights in the world. [1] The following is its critical section on Cuba (pp. 142-44).
[INTRODUCTION]
“Repression of dissent continued asactivists, political opponents and journalistswere harassed, persecuted and imprisoned.Human rights defenders faced obstaclesand attacks, and some continued to beincarcerated without due…
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Latest U.S. Report on International Human Rights
On April 22, 2024, the U.S. State Department released its 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.[1]
Below are its Preface and Executive Summary about Cuban human rights.
Preface
The Report’s Preface by Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, stated the following:
“As mandated by Congress, every year since 1977, the State Department’s dedicated public servants in U.S. missions abroad and in…
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#Cuba human rights#international human rights#U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken#U.S. State Department
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Accelerating Inflation in Cuba
Cuba’s official inflation reached 33.17% in March with fuel and food prices increasing the cost of living for the people. According to Cuban economist Pedro Monreal, “without an increase in food supply, it is difficult to assume that inflation in Cuba would be substantially reduced.” [1]
Another Cuban economist, Omar Everleny Pérez, on the basis of maximum prices from the state National Office of…
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Bipartisan Group of U.S. Senators Call for Reassessment of So-Called Havana Syndrome
On April 12 a bipartisan group of eight U.S. Senators sent a letter to President Biden calling for a “renewed assessment . . . to identify the cause behind directed energy attacks” . . . and “review of the March 2023 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) of AHHs.”[1]
This letter said, “Most recently, some . . . [former intelligence officials, service members and diplomats] have told Congress…
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#"Havana Syndrome"#Cuba#Mark R. Warner#President Joe Biden#U.S. Senaotr Susan Collins#U.S. Senator#U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin#U.S. Senator James E. Risch#U.s. Senator Jeanne Shaheen#U.S. Senator Kristen Gillibrand#U.S. Senator Marco Rubio#U.S. Senator Roger F. Wicker#U.S. Senator Susan Collins
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A Message of Complexity and Humility
Frank Bruni, a professor of journalism and public policy at Duke University and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times, offers us all a useful message of complexity and humility. [1]
As a professor and writer, Bruni says he is not “an ambassador of certainty or a font of unassailable verities but as an emissary of doubt. I want to teach . . . how much [each of us] always [has] to…
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#Charlie Baker#doubt#Duke University#Frank Bruni#Holy Bible#humility#Philippians 2:3#tradition#uncertainty
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White House Holds Cuban Day
On April 18, the White House hosted Cuban Day “to “recognize” the contributions of the Cuban-American community to the United States and “highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to Latino communities.”[1]
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban American, delivered remarks as did two other Cuban American officials in the Administration: Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro…
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#Alejandro Mayorkas (Secretary of Homeland Security)#Carlos del Toro (Navy Secretary)#Chucho Valdes#Cuba#Cuban Day#Jose Javier Rodriguez (assistant secretary of the Department of Labor)#White House
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U.S. and Cuba Hold Law Enforcement Dialogue
On April 17, the U.S. and Cuba held a law enforcement dialogue in Washington, D.C. The main objective was to advance discussions at the working levels of the two governments. [1]
A U.S. offical said, ” Effective cooperation in criminal matters may sometimes include the exchange of information, such as information on fugitives or other wanted persons, or real-time communication between the United…
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#Cárlos Fernández de Cossío#Cuba#Law Enforcement Dialogue#migration#U.S. Coast Guard#U.S. embargo of Cuba#U.S. Embassy in Cuba#United States
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U.S. and Cuba Hold New Immigration Talks
On April 16, 2024, the U. S. and Cuba held another round of immigration dialogue. [1]
The U.S. statement about the dialogue was very noncommittal. It said the following: “So these were bilateral discussions between the United States and Cuba. They are bilateral discussions on migration that take place biannually, twice a year. They reflect the commitment by the United States to regularly review…
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Another Documentation of the U.S. Need for Immigrants
Just yesterday this blog published a lengthy post about how the problems in the U.S. asylum system were promoting increases in U.S. immigration that were benefiting the U.S. economy.[1]
Now the New York Times has published a lengthy article focusing on the positive impact of new immigrants to this country with its declining and aging population.[2]
The Example of the State of Maine
The State of…
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#Africa#Ben Conniff#Congressional Budget Office#Congressional Budget Office (CBO)#Ernie Tedeschi#Luke’s Lobster)#Middle East#Office of New Americans#Republic of the Congo#State of Maine#U.S. economy#U.S. immigration#Venezuela#Yale Law School
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Problems in U.S. Asylum System Help Promote Increases in U.S. Immigration
A lengthy Wall Street Journal article provides details on the well-known promotion of increases in U.S. immigration by the many problems in the U.S. asylum system. Here then is a summary of the basic U.S. law of asylum, the current U.S. system for administering such claims and a summary of the current problems with such administration.
The Basic Law of Asylum
On July 2, 1951, an international…
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#asylum law#Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees#Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees#REAL ID Act of 2005#refugee law#U.S. asylum officers#U.S. Board of Asylum Appeals#U.S. Congress#U.S. federal courts#U.S. immigration judges#U.S. Office of the Chief Immigration Judge#U.S. Refugee Act of 1980#U.S. State Department’s U.S. Refugee Admissions Program#U.S.-Mexico border
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U.S. Criticism of Cuba’s Labor Export Program
On April 3, 2024, the U.S. State Department’s Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons published its critical report on Cuba’s Labor Export Program.[1]
U.S. Summary of Cuban Labor Export Program[2]
“Each year, the Cuban government sends tens of thousands of workers around the globe under multi-year cooperation agreements negotiated with receiving countries. According to reporting from…
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#Cuba#Cuba&039;s medical mission program#human rights#trafficking in persons#United States of America (U.S.)
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Russia Is Responsible for Havana Syndrome Attacks on U.S. Personnel
“The former head of the Pentagon’s investigation into the mysterious health incidents known as Havana Syndrome told the CBS investigation show 60 Minutes he believes Russia was behind them and was attacking U.S. officials abroad and at home.”[1]
This television show, in partnership with The Insider (a Russian exile media outlet) and a German magazine (Der Spiegel), reported on new evidence…
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#"60 Minutes"#"Havana Syndrome"#Bogota#China#Cuba#Der Spiegel#Europe#Greg Edgreen#Hanoi#India#London#NATO Summit (Lithuania) 2023#Russia#U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency#United States of America#Vietnam
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How Cuban Government Fuels Inflation
Rafaela Cruz, a Cuban analyst for Diario de Cuba, asserts, “Ending inflation is not a priority for the Cuban regime.” Instead, “the Government exacerbates inflation as another [means] to maintain power and profit” by the following means:
1. “They raise taxes when economic activity is almost non-existent.”
2. “Subsidies (direct distributions) decrease when food is more expensive and scarce.”
3.…
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Victor Manuel Rocha, Former U.S. Ambassador, Intends to Plead Guilty to Charges of Acting as a Cuban Agent
In December 2023, Victor Manuel Rocha, a naturalized U.S. citizen. was charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government (Cuba) and defrauding the U.S. as well as committing wire fraud and making false statements to obtain and use a U.S. passport.[1]
On February 29, Rocha in federal court said he will file a change of plea, indicating he is prepared to plead guilty to two counts of…
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President Biden’s New Executive Orders Regarding Cuba
On February 28 President Biden signed two executive orders regarding Cuba: extending for another year the state of national emergency with Cuba and protecting U.S. citizen data.
Order Extending State of Emergency with Cuba[1]
This order was first enacted on March 1, 1996, “to address the disruption or threatened disturbanceof international relations caused by the February 24, 1996, destruction by…
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U.S. States That Could Have Greatest Benefit from Immigrant Labor
This blog has published many posts about the U.S. need for immigrant labor.[1] Now a Washington Post article supplies a national statistical analysis of that need.[2]
The article opens with the following general statements:
“The plentiful supply of immigrants is one of the main reasonsthe U.S. economy has outperformed that of its peers in the affluent world since the eve of the pandemic,…
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#Accomnodation & food service#Alabama#arts entertainment & recreation#Colorado#construction#District of Columbia#educational services#finance & insurance#Governor Kristi Noem#healthcare & social assistance#information#Maine#Manufacturing#Massachusetts#Montana#Nebraska#New Hampshire#North Dakota#real estate & rental#retail trade#South Carolina#South Dakota#State of Maryland#Tennessee#Transportatiion &Warehousing#U.S. Chamber of Commerce#U.S. immigration#U.S. Labor Department#U.S. unemployment rate#Vermont
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