Mexico's president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US sanctions on Cuba
Mexico's president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US sanctions on Cuba
Experts say economic mismanagement and political repression are largely to blame for the tide of migrants leaving those countries.
That's kind of a weird line to include in an allegedly "straight news" article, since tons of other experts also seem to point to the sanctions as a big factor.
Example, [here].(https://globalaffairs.org/commentary-and-analysis/blogs/lifting-sanctions-could-reduce-pressure-us-border)
Along with what other users have said, as long as the experts they spoke to said that, they are being accurate in their reporting. Just because the experts they spoke to said it, doesn't mean it's true.
The sanctions can be a “big factor” and it can also “largely” be the cause of mismanagement. These are not incompatible.
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“Could” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that whole article.
There is a reaaon they are sanctioned. Nice try krembot.
“It’s more, a lot more, what they authorize for the war in Ukraine than what they give to help with poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
Ordinarily I’m the one to call for defense spending to be shifted toward social programs, but this is the worst possible case for trying to make that argument.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
He said many of those migrants are traveling on a route through Central America that includes the jungle-clad Darien Gap region between Panama and Colombia.
López Obrador seemed to join Colombian President Gustavo Petro in blaming the situation on U.S. sanctions on countries like Venezuela and Cuba, whose citizens make up a large part of the migrant flow.
Experts say economic mismanagement and political repression are largely to blame for the tide of migrants leaving those countries.
He called Friday for the U.S. “to remove blockades and stop harassing independent and free countries.” He said there should be “an integrated plan for cooperation so the Venezuelans, Cubans, Nicaraguans and Ecuadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans wouldn’t be forced to emigrate.”
There has been a surge in Venezuelan migrants moving through Mexico in recent weeks in a bid to reach the U.S. border.
Mexico has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine but has adopted a policy of neutrality and has refused to participate in sanctions.
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Obrador is hitting his own supply.
Make your country better to live in for more than just gangs.
You don't think they are trying? A number of steps have been taken to weaken cartels by the Mexican government in recent history, but as long as US remains simultaneously the biggest supplier of weapons for said gangs and their biggest customer when it comes to drugs, things are unlikely to change. Gotta look at the big picture, my guy.
I am not saying Mexico does not have problems of their own making, like corruption and inequality, but you can't be looking at things in a vacuum.