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Fostering regional collaboration to enhance the rights, well-being, and dignity of people across the Americas.
Hear from CEDA’s Executive Director, María Jose Espinosa, and our Director of Strategy & Advocacy, Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, as they discuss evolving migration patterns, regional responses, and what’s at stake for human rights & global mobility. RSVP now ⬇️
EVENT 🌐 Join Senior Fellow María José Espinosa, Francesca Vigaud & @yaelschacher.bsky.social for a panel on shifting migration patterns, regional responses, and what’s at stake for human rights. Moderated by Gil Guerra.
📅 Aug 13 | 🕠 5:30–7:30PM ET
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📅 Aug 13 | 🕠 5:30–7:30PM ET
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August 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hear from CEDA’s Executive Director, María Jose Espinosa, and our Director of Strategy & Advocacy, Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, as they discuss evolving migration patterns, regional responses, and what’s at stake for human rights & global mobility. RSVP now ⬇️
New ICE Memo: U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as 6 hours' notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo, offering a preview of how deportations could ramp up. www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...
ICE may deport migrants to countries other than their own with just six hours notice, memo says
U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours' notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo, offering a preview of how deportations could ramp up.
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July 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New ICE Memo: U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as 6 hours' notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo, offering a preview of how deportations could ramp up. www.reuters.com/world/us/ice...
“Weakening U.S. human rights promotion and contracting the department’s humanitarian assistance offices is not reform, it is retreat,” said Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, director of advocacy and strategy at the Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
State Department prepares mass firings of 1,300 diplomats
Marco Rubio overseeing seismic cuts to bureaus that promote democracy and combat human rights abuses
www.the-independent.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“Weakening U.S. human rights promotion and contracting the department’s humanitarian assistance offices is not reform, it is retreat,” said Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, director of advocacy and strategy at the Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
CEDA strongly condemns the July 11 Reduction in Force in the U.S. Department of State.
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CEDA Denounces The Department of State’s Reduction In Force — CEDA
Washington, D.C . – The Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas (CEDA) strongly condemns the U.S. Department of State’s Reduction in Force (RIF) , which decimates two of the Department’s...
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July 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
CEDA strongly condemns the July 11 Reduction in Force in the U.S. Department of State.
www.weareceda.org/the-latest/p...
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Senior Fellow Maria Jose Espinosa shares insights on Trump's migration policy and canceled humanitarian parole, impacting more than half a million Cuban migrants.
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Del “privilegio” a la deportación: el nuevo limbo de los migrantes cubanos
El Gobierno de Donald Trump está cerrando los caminos legales para migrar a Estados Unidos. Para los cubanos, significa un desamparo sin precedentes.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Senior Fellow Maria Jose Espinosa shares insights on Trump's migration policy and canceled humanitarian parole, impacting more than half a million Cuban migrants.
Listen to the podcast in Spanish:
elhilo.audio/podcast/paro...
@weareceda.bsky.social @elhilopodcast.bsky.social
Listen to the podcast in Spanish:
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New from CEDA: One year after our 2024 brief, Nicholas Aimé examines recent developments in Costa Rica’s asylum system, including funding constraints, policy shifts, and ongoing reform efforts. www.weareceda.org/ceda-publica...
An Enduring Challenge: Obstacles and Efforts to Improving Costa Rica’s Protection System — CEDA
Access to protection in Costa Rica is compromised at a time where safeguarding it is needed more than ever. A year on from CEDA’s 2024 brief, Costa Rica: Access to Protection, Costa Rica’s asylum sy...
www.weareceda.org
July 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New from CEDA: One year after our 2024 brief, Nicholas Aimé examines recent developments in Costa Rica’s asylum system, including funding constraints, policy shifts, and ongoing reform efforts. www.weareceda.org/ceda-publica...
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homeland. www.bbc.com/news/article...
US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations to third countries
The ruling hands a victory to the Trump administration in its pursuit of mass deportations.
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June 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homeland. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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El Gobierno de Donald Trump está cerrando los caminos legales para migrar a Estados Unidos. ¿Qué se viene para las comunidades latinas?
💬 Únete a la conversación junto a @weareceda.bsky.social, @danielgalarcon.bsky.social y Laura Rojas Aponte.
👉Inscríbete: radioambulante.org/club-migracion
💬 Únete a la conversación junto a @weareceda.bsky.social, @danielgalarcon.bsky.social y Laura Rojas Aponte.
👉Inscríbete: radioambulante.org/club-migracion
June 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
El Gobierno de Donald Trump está cerrando los caminos legales para migrar a Estados Unidos. ¿Qué se viene para las comunidades latinas?
💬 Únete a la conversación junto a @weareceda.bsky.social, @danielgalarcon.bsky.social y Laura Rojas Aponte.
👉Inscríbete: radioambulante.org/club-migracion
💬 Únete a la conversación junto a @weareceda.bsky.social, @danielgalarcon.bsky.social y Laura Rojas Aponte.
👉Inscríbete: radioambulante.org/club-migracion
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Este episodio fue realizado gracias al apoyo de @weareceda.bsky.social, una organización que reúne a gobiernos, sociedad civil y comunidades de las Américas para promover políticas que mejoran el bienestar y respetan la dignidad y los derechos de las personas en todo el hemisferio. elhilo.audio/255
Del “privilegio” a la deportación: el nuevo limbo de los migrantes cubanos
El Gobierno de Donald Trump está cerrando los caminos legales para migrar a Estados Unidos. Para los cubanos, significa un desamparo sin precedentes.
elhilo.audio
June 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Este episodio fue realizado gracias al apoyo de @weareceda.bsky.social, una organización que reúne a gobiernos, sociedad civil y comunidades de las Américas para promover políticas que mejoran el bienestar y respetan la dignidad y los derechos de las personas en todo el hemisferio. elhilo.audio/255
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@weareceda.bsky.social entrevistó a Rachel Pereda, una periodista cubana que llegó a Estados Unidos luego de recorrer Centroamérica con sus hijos pequeños. Su caso ilustra el costo personal de la política migratoria actual. www.weareceda.org/interview-se...
“Como intentar construir una casa sobre arena” Los cubanos en los EEUU enfrentan incertidumbre y limbo legal — CEDA
Rachel Pereda es una periodista cubana que hizo la travesía por Centroamérica para llegar a los Estados Unidos junta a su esposo y sus hijos pequeños. Escribe sobre migración, maternidad y el impacto...
www.weareceda.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@weareceda.bsky.social entrevistó a Rachel Pereda, una periodista cubana que llegó a Estados Unidos luego de recorrer Centroamérica con sus hijos pequeños. Su caso ilustra el costo personal de la política migratoria actual. www.weareceda.org/interview-se...
New episode from @elhilopodcast.bsky.social, with CEDA's support: Del “privilegio” a la deportación: el nuevo limbo de los migrantes cubanos: elhilo.audio/podcast/paro...
Del “privilegio” a la deportación: el nuevo limbo de los migrantes cubanos
El Gobierno de Donald Trump está cerrando los caminos legales para migrar a Estados Unidos. Para los cubanos, significa un desamparo sin precedentes.
elhilo.audio
June 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New episode from @elhilopodcast.bsky.social, with CEDA's support: Del “privilegio” a la deportación: el nuevo limbo de los migrantes cubanos: elhilo.audio/podcast/paro...
New CEDA Commentary: The State Department is transforming its Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), an office historically tasked with protecting the rights and safety of displaced people, into a backdoor support system for DHS. www.weareceda.org/ceda-publica...
The US Is Quietly Rewiring Humanitarian Aid into Deportation Support — CEDA
The State Department is transforming its Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), an office historically tasked with protecting the rights and safety of displaced people, into a backdoor s...
www.weareceda.org
June 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New CEDA Commentary: The State Department is transforming its Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), an office historically tasked with protecting the rights and safety of displaced people, into a backdoor support system for DHS. www.weareceda.org/ceda-publica...
NEWS: The Trump administration is planning to dramatically ramp up sending undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay starting this week, with at least 9,000 people being vetted for transfer, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Trump team plans to send thousands of migrants to Guantanamo starting as soon as this week
The use of the facility would send another signal of deterrence amid immigration crackdown.
www.politico.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
NEWS: The Trump administration is planning to dramatically ramp up sending undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay starting this week, with at least 9,000 people being vetted for transfer, according to documents obtained by POLITICO. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
According to María José Espinosa, recent history shows that travel bans, such as those implemented under the Trump administration, “have not proven to be effective tools in preventing real threats of terrorism."
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No trips or family reunions: Trump’s latest betrayal of Cubans and Venezuelans
The travel ban is seen as a show of disloyalty to two communities that supported the Republican: ‘One day he takes one thing from us, the next day something else’
english.elpais.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
According to María José Espinosa, recent history shows that travel bans, such as those implemented under the Trump administration, “have not proven to be effective tools in preventing real threats of terrorism."
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CEDA's Executive Director, María José Espinosa, comments in the @The_Dialogue on whether the announced $1 billion in Russian investment in Cuba will materialize: thedialogue.org/latin-americ...
Latin America Advisor – Inter-American Dialogue
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June 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
CEDA's Executive Director, María José Espinosa, comments in the @The_Dialogue on whether the announced $1 billion in Russian investment in Cuba will materialize: thedialogue.org/latin-americ...
This week's US-Cuba News Brief: www.weareceda.org/en/us-cuba-n...
Trump’s New Travel Ban; CHNV Update; ETECSA Spikes Rates and Sparks Protests — CEDA
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June 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This week's US-Cuba News Brief: www.weareceda.org/en/us-cuba-n...
CEDA strongly condemns the Trump administration’s June 4 proclamation suspending or restricting entry into the United States for nationals of 19 countries. “The proclamation is rife with contradictions,” said María José Espinosa, CEDA’s Executive Director.
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CEDA Condemns Presidential Proclamation Targeting Nationals from Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela — CEDA
Washington, D.C. – The Center for Engagement and Advocacy in the Americas (CEDA) strongly condemns the Trump administration’s June 4 proclamation suspending or restricting entry into the United State...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
CEDA strongly condemns the Trump administration’s June 4 proclamation suspending or restricting entry into the United States for nationals of 19 countries. “The proclamation is rife with contradictions,” said María José Espinosa, CEDA’s Executive Director.
www.weareceda.org/the-latest/p...
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The new tariff increase by ETECSA, the state-owned company that holds the monopoly on communications in Cuba, has increased connectivity costs so much that some Cubans would have to work more than a month just to check Facebook, send WhatsApp messages, or search Google. elpais.com/america/2025...
El Gobierno de Cuba dolariza internet: “Esta medida es un verdadero apartheid digital”
El aumento de los costos del servicio, que deberá adquirirse principalmente en la divisa estadounidense, responde a la necesidad de introducir divisas en una economía quebrada
elpais.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The new tariff increase by ETECSA, the state-owned company that holds the monopoly on communications in Cuba, has increased connectivity costs so much that some Cubans would have to work more than a month just to check Facebook, send WhatsApp messages, or search Google. elpais.com/america/2025...
CEDA condemns the State Department’s proposed reorganization of PRM, which would shift its focus from humanitarian protection to migrant removals. The plan introduces troubling language and threatens U.S. global humanitarian leadership. www.weareceda.org/the-latest/p...
CEDA Condemns Proposed State Department Reorganization of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) — CEDA
CEDA condemns the State Department’s proposed reorganization of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, which would shift its focus from humanitarian protection to migrant removals. The pla...
www.weareceda.org
June 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
CEDA condemns the State Department’s proposed reorganization of PRM, which would shift its focus from humanitarian protection to migrant removals. The plan introduces troubling language and threatens U.S. global humanitarian leadership. www.weareceda.org/the-latest/p...
NEWS: Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to end the #CHNV Parole Program, exposing half a million migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti--who entered the country regularly--to possible deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration, for Now, to End Biden-Era Migrant Program
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May 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
NEWS: Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to end the #CHNV Parole Program, exposing half a million migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti--who entered the country regularly--to possible deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
NEWS: #Ecuador is now home to the third-highest level of displaced people in Latin America. More than 100,000 people fled their homes in 2024 due to the escalation of violence. www.primicias.ec/seguridad/de...
Ecuador se convierte en 'el tercer país de América con más desplazados' por la violencia
Más de 100.000 personas huyeron de sus hogares en 2024 por la escalada de violencia, según el Consejo Noruego para los Refugiados. Ecuador solo es superado por Haití y Colombia en la región.
www.primicias.ec
May 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
NEWS: #Ecuador is now home to the third-highest level of displaced people in Latin America. More than 100,000 people fled their homes in 2024 due to the escalation of violence. www.primicias.ec/seguridad/de...
CEDA is concerned by the arrest of Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, Head of Cristosal’s Anti-Corruption Unit, and signed onto an FIDH letter condemning her forced disappearance and detention: www.fidh.org/en/region/am...
El Salvador: More than one hundred civil society organisations denounce the arbitrary detention of human rights defender Ruth López
More than 100 civil society organisation including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (…)
www.fidh.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
CEDA is concerned by the arrest of Salvadoran lawyer Ruth López, Head of Cristosal’s Anti-Corruption Unit, and signed onto an FIDH letter condemning her forced disappearance and detention: www.fidh.org/en/region/am...
A Board of Immigration Appeals court ruling on the case of a Chinese immigrant could have ramifications on Cubans in the US with #I220A immigration documents. en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
Migration ruling opens legal option for Cubans with I-220A in the United States
The decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals could impact thousands of Cubans in the U.S. by questioning the release with I-220A, sparking debates around immigration processes and status adjustmen...
en.cibercuba.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A Board of Immigration Appeals court ruling on the case of a Chinese immigrant could have ramifications on Cubans in the US with #I220A immigration documents. en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
NEWS: The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) has granted a license for the incorporation and operation in the country of NOVABANK S.A., a wholly Canadian-owned corporate bank that will serve the private sector.
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Cuba autoriza a banco canadiense prestar servicios financieros al sector privado - OnCubaNews
El Banco Central de Cuba autorizó al banco canadiense NOVABANK a prestar servicios financieros al sector privado de la isla.
oncubanews.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NEWS: The Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) has granted a license for the incorporation and operation in the country of NOVABANK S.A., a wholly Canadian-owned corporate bank that will serve the private sector.
oncubanews.com/cuba/economi...
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"This moment is not about symbolism. It is a test of whether the Global Compact on Migration can remain relevant in an era defined by shrinking protection space, increasingly hostile narratives, and growing political pressure to criminalize mobility." www.weareceda.org/ceda-publica...
From Rhetoric to Responsibility: What the Global Compact for Migration Must Deliver — CEDA
Last month’s regional review of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) in Latin America and the Caribbean landed at a time of reckoning. Civil society from across the region convened in Santiago, Chi...
www.weareceda.org
April 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"This moment is not about symbolism. It is a test of whether the Global Compact on Migration can remain relevant in an era defined by shrinking protection space, increasingly hostile narratives, and growing political pressure to criminalize mobility." www.weareceda.org/ceda-publica...