End of the blockade on Cuba because Mexico asks for it: the desperate USA gives in to President AMLO
The Biden administration, frightened by the horrible electoral polls , is trying in every way to reduce immigration from the southern border and to do so has been reduced to asking Mexican President Lopez Obrador for intervention.
In late December, Home Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who has repeatedly maintained that the “border is secure,” traveled to Mexico with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to plead for assistance in what officials called “preliminary” discussions with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), as NBC News reports.
But there is a price! On Friday AMLO set his conditions:
- The approval by the United States of a plan that provides for the sending of 20 billion dollars to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
- The suspension of the US blockade of Cuba
- The removal of all sanctions against Venezuela
- Granting at least 10 million Hispanics living in the United States the right to remain and work legally.
These are high demands, but the situation at the southern border could also jeopardize Biden's re-election chances, given that CBP, US Immigration, processed a record number of 300,000 migrants in December alone.
A Biden official told NBC News that AMLO “has a very ambitious agenda” and that some of his demands will require intervention from the US Congress. The lifting of the blockade on Cuba would be a huge blow to the policies pursued up to now by the USA
The cancellation of sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela in a total and definitive way would diplomatically be the disavowal of decades of US foreign policy and a notable political victory for Mexico, but this is due to the incredible weakness of Biden and the Democrats and the desire to sacrifice everything to stay in power.
The two countries are expected to continue talks in Washington at the end of the month. U.S. and Mexican officials have said Mexico has significant influence in the negotiations. López Obrador's administration would prefer that President Joe Biden win re-election in November, given Donald Trump's rhetoric and actions during his time in office. But Biden is quickly running out of options to solve a problem that is causing his polls to plummet without more support from Mexico, three U.S. officials told NBC News.
A Mexican official told NBC News that Mexico is willing to help enforce the law, which U.S. negotiators would like to include the capture and deportation of Guatemalans arrested inside the country.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, lawmakers continue to negotiate over homeland security measures and immigration restrictions, with large "sanctuary" cities like New York reeling from migrant numbers and states like Texas threatening to go it alone. .
Thanks to our Telegram channel you can stay updated on the publication of new Economic Scenarios articles.
The article End of the blockade in Cuba because Mexico asks for it: the desperate USA gives in to President AMLO comes from Economic Scenarios .
This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/fine-del-blocco-a-cuba-perche-lo-chiede-il-messico-gli-usa-disperati-cedono-al-presidente-amlo/ on Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:00:53 +0000.