Autor
Loraine Morales Pino
Pinar del Río, 1992. Periodista y académica. Doctora en Estudios de Migración del Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Máster en Estudios de Población por el Centro de Estudios Demográficos de la Universidad de La Habana y Licenciada en Periodismo por la Universidad Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca de Pinar del Río. Integrante de la Séptima Generación LATAM de Jóvenes Periodistas. Actualmente, se desempeña como Gestora de Comunidades e Información en el proyecto periodístico “Migrar: una decisión de vida y muerte".
The current fiscal year has surpassed the record for the last five years in the number of Cuban families arriving in the United States. From October 2023 to July 2024, 65,867 people accompanied by their close relatives arrived from Cuba, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection.
There is much uncertainty and a lack of information for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans.
The Cuban government routinely tries to impress with figures that the general population has no way of knowing if they represent a large or small part of the problem.
A total of 464,197 Cubans have made it to the United States since October 2021, according to statistics from US Customs and Border Protection.
elTOQUE contacted the partner of one Cuban who emigrated to Russia to join the army. “It’s a war contract,” she said.
Between January 2021 and June 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol detained 7,479 Cuban migrants in the Florida Straits. The maritime route accumulates several incidents in which several Cubans lost their lives or disappeared.
One month after its publication, the special "Migrating: a decision of life and death" has proven to be useful and provide hope to families who remain in uncertainty and lack of support from the government in the search for the missing.
Pensioners in Cuba are in a situation of precariousness and economic dependence that affects their health, pushes them to reintegrate into the labor market and increases their vulnerability.
Autores
Loraine Morales Pino
Pinar del Río, 1992. Periodista y académica. Doctora en Estudios de Migración del Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Máster en Estudios de Población por el Centro de Estudios Demográficos de la Universidad de La Habana y Licenciada en Periodismo por la Universidad Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca de Pinar del Río. Integrante de la Séptima Generación LATAM de Jóvenes Periodistas. Actualmente, se desempeña como Gestora de Comunidades e Información en el proyecto periodístico “Migrar: una decisión de vida y muerte".
The current fiscal year has surpassed the record for the last five years in the number of Cuban families arriving in the United States. From October 2023 to July 2024, 65,867 people accompanied by their close relatives arrived from Cuba, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection.
A total of 464,197 Cubans have made it to the United States since October 2021, according to statistics from US Customs and Border Protection.
One month after its publication, the special "Migrating: a decision of life and death" has proven to be useful and provide hope to families who remain in uncertainty and lack of support from the government in the search for the missing.
There is much uncertainty and a lack of information for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans.
elTOQUE contacted the partner of one Cuban who emigrated to Russia to join the army. “It’s a war contract,” she said.
Pensioners in Cuba are in a situation of precariousness and economic dependence that affects their health, pushes them to reintegrate into the labor market and increases their vulnerability.
The Cuban government routinely tries to impress with figures that the general population has no way of knowing if they represent a large or small part of the problem.
Between January 2021 and June 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol detained 7,479 Cuban migrants in the Florida Straits. The maritime route accumulates several incidents in which several Cubans lost their lives or disappeared.
