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Latin America & The Caribbean
Problems exacerbated by American Foreign Policy in our region destablizes societies which then impacts our border crisis.
The U.S. embargo on Cuba continues to harm ordinary Cubans by restricting access to essential goods, medicine, and financial systems, worsening poverty and driving migration. Despite this, the U.S. maintains the embargo, even as the United Nations has overwhelmingly voted for its end every year for decades, reflecting near-global consensus against it.
This continued policy is largely driven by the political influence of Cuban American exiles in Florida, a key voting bloc that favors a hardline stance against the Cuban government. As a result, U.S. policy prioritizes domestic politics over humanitarian concerns and international opinion, contributing to regional instability.
500,000 Cubans left the island in 2024.
The ongoing economic crisis and violent instability in Haiti are deeply tied to the actions and policies of Western nations, particularly Canada, France, and the United States. Historically, Haiti was forced to pay a massive "independence debt" to France after gaining independence in 1804, plunging the country into long-term economic hardship that lasted well into the 20th century. The U.S., and later Canada and France, have consistently intervened in Haiti’s political affairs, often backing authoritarian or unelected leaders to serve their own strategic interests, such as controlling migration or countering regional instability. These foreign powers have repeatedly undermined Haitian sovereignty and the democratic process, denying Haitians the genuine opportunity to freely elect their leaders and shape their political future.
In recent decades, Western-backed policies through the IMF, World Bank, etc. have gutted public services and dismantled local industries in favor of cheap imports and foreign aid, exacerbating poverty and unemployment. Military interventions and peacekeeping missions—often led or supported by the U.S., Canada, and France— frequently contribute to further destabilization, with some missions implicated in human rights violations and public health disasters, (cholera outbreak linked to UN forces). Together, these actions have entrenched a cycle of dependency, weakened governance, and deepened the social and political unrest that continues to destabilize the region and plague Haiti today.
211,000 Haitians left the island last year.
Since Hugo Chávez’s death in 2013, Venezuela has spiraled into deep economic and political crisis under Nicolás Maduro. The collapse of global oil prices in 2014 devastated the country’s oil-dependent economy, triggering hyperinflation, shortages, and a prolonged recession. Amid growing unrest and accusations of authoritarianism, the U.S. and Western powers imposed escalating sanctions starting in 2015—culminating in 2019 when the Trump administration froze Venezuelan assets, imposed crippling oil sanctions, and recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó, intensifying regime change efforts.
In 2025, President Trump renewed pressure on Maduro’s government, revoking oil licenses like Chevron’s and ending Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan migrants, further isolating Venezuela economically and diplomatically. Despite overwhelming international opposition to the U.S. approach, these renewed regime change tactics—combined with ongoing sanctions—have worsened the humanitarian crisis, deepened regional instability, fueled mass migration.
730,000 Venezuelans are predicted to leave the country in 2025.
The Middle East
The ongoing conflicts in Palestine and Yemen fuel regional instability, humanitarian crises, and global tensions, disrupting trade routes, displacing millions, and deepening geopolitical divides. Their persistence also undermines international law and erodes trust in global governance and peace efforts.
The U.S. and its Western allies have played a major role in perpetuating suffering in the Middle East, particularly in Palestine, through unwavering political, military, and financial support for Israel. This backing has enabled decades of occupation, settlement expansion, and military assaults on Palestinian territories, often with little accountability. Billions in U.S. aid to Israel—especially in weapons—have supported repeated operations in Gaza that have killed thousands of civilians and devastated infrastructure, while diplomatic protection at forums like the UN has blocked efforts to hold Israel accountable for human rights violations.
Meanwhile, the West has largely failed to support a meaningful path to Palestinian self-determination, treating peace negotiations as symbolic while conditions on the ground worsen. The U.S.'s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and normalization deals that sidelined Palestinian concerns have further entrenched their political marginalization. These policies have helped sustain a system of occupation and blockade, contributing directly to humanitarian crises and ongoing instability in the region.
Between October 2023 and June 2024 over 186,000 people have been killed directly or indirectly and over 2 million people displaced in Gaza and over 1,000 have been killed and 40,000 displaced in the West Bank. After nearly 2 years, 37% of the children in Gaza have been killed.
The U.S. and Western powers have played a major role in sustaining mass killings and war crimes in Yemen by backing the Saudi-led coalition responsible for deadly airstrikes, blockades, and famine. Since 2015, the U.S., UK, and France have supplied weapons, intelligence, and logistical support, enabling strikes on civilian targets. U.S. drone operations have also killed civilians under the guise of counterterrorism.
Anti-western sentiment continues to deepen. Despite global outcry, Western arms sales and political support have continued, helping sustain a war that has killed hundreds of thousands and pushed millions to the brink of famine.
More recently, Yemen’s Houthi movement began targeting Israeli-linked shipping in protest of the war on Gaza. In response, the U.S. and UK launched new airstrikes on Yemen, further entrenching their role. Rather than pushing for peace, Western support for Saudi Arabia and regional allies has prolonged Yemen’s suffering and deepened regional instability.
Since 2015, over 20,000 people have been killed and over 4 million people displaced.
Africa
The ongoing conflicts in the DRC, Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia’s Tigray region destabilize East and Central Africa, fueling mass displacement, regional insecurity, and humanitarian crises. They also disrupt global supply chains—especially for critical minerals—and highlight the failure of international systems to prevent atrocities and uphold human rights.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
The U.S. and Western powers have contributed to ongoing conflict and atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by supporting access to the country’s vast mineral wealth for multinational corporations—especially cobalt and coltan—through supply chains for electronics and green technologies that often rely on child labor, forced labor, and militia-controlled mines. This exploitation has fueled cycles of violence, ethnic cleansing, and displacement, particularly in the east.
President Trump’s 2020 U.S.-backed “peace deal” between the DRC and Rwanda was widely criticized for overlooking human rights abuses and legitimizing foreign interference. Rather than addressing the roots of the conflict, it prioritized securing mineral access, allowing war crimes and systemic suffering to continue largely unchecked.
After 3 decades of conflict, over 6 million people have been killed, 21 million internally displaced, and over 1 million people have left the country.
The U.S. and Western powers have fueled ongoing violence and war crimes in Somalia through military interventions, drone strikes, and support for proxy forces under the guise of counterterrorism. U.S.-backed operations and airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab have often killed civilians and deepened local resentment, while support for the African Union mission (AMISOM/ATMIS), funded by the EU and trained with U.S. help, has failed to bring lasting stability.
Meanwhile, Western-aligned regional powers like Ethiopia, Kenya, and the UAE have backed rival factions and militias, contributing to ethnic violence and political fragmentation. The UAE, in particular, has armed groups in Puntland and Somaliland for strategic gain, with little pushback from the West. By supporting competing sides and prioritizing control over peace, the U.S. and its allies have helped sustain Somalia’s deadly and fractured conflict.
After 3 decades of conflict over 500,000 people have been killed and over 3 million displaced in 2023 alone.
The U.S. and Western powers have helped perpetuate genocide and war crimes in Sudan by enabling a war economy driven by foreign-backed militias and the illicit gold trade. The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—a paramilitary group linked to the Darfur genocide—has devastated civilians. The RSF is heavily funded through illegal gold exports, much of which flows through the UAE, a key Western ally, while the SAF receives support from Egypt and other regional powers.
Despite widespread atrocities, Western nations have avoided taking strong action, failing to target the gold trade or pressure allies like the UAE. By prioritizing strategic interests over accountability, the U.S. and its partners have helped sustain a brutal conflict marked by ethnic cleansing, mass displacement, and systemic war crimes.
Since 2023 over 150,000 people have been killed and over 14 million people displaced.
The U.S. and Western powers have helped enable war crimes and possible genocide in Ethiopia’s Tigray region through early and ongoing support for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Despite mounting evidence of atrocities since—including massacres, mass starvation, and ethnic cleansing carried out by Ethiopian and allied Eritrean forces—Western nations continued to back Abiy diplomatically and economically, viewing him as a regional ally and reformer.
While the UAE, Turkey, and Iran armed the conflict with drones and weapons, the West offered only limited sanctions and weak condemnation. Trade interests and strategic alliances, especially around counterterrorism and regional stability, took priority over human rights. This inaction, combined with continued diplomatic and economic ties to involved actors, has helped perpetuate a conflict marked by genocide, ethnic cleansing, and massive displacement.
Since 2020, over 600,000 people have been killed and 5.1 million people internally displaced in Ethiopia.
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