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Canadians are travelling to Cuba in surprising numbers to sexually exploit young people trapped in this socialist country’s underground sex tourism industry, a joint investigation by the Toronto Star and El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister publication of the Miami Herald, has found. Havana’s conspicuous scenes of street-level prostitution are the public face of a hidden, sordid trade in children as young as four. Many prostituted children in Cuba are second- or third-generation, following in the footsteps of sex-worker mothers to earn money for families complicit in their exploitation. Cuban authorities deny the problem. And Canada’s lax oversight suggests any self-proclaimed moral obligation to protect children from abuse stops at our own borders. (via Canadians are major customers in Cuba’s child sex market | Toronto Star) I was going to go to Cuba and live in casa particular to learn Spanish, but now I’m afraid I may be accused of crimes I did not commit.. :(

Canadians are travelling to Cuba in surprising numbers to sexually exploit young people trapped in this socialist country’s underground sex tourism industry, a joint investigation by the Toronto Star and El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister publication of the Miami Herald, has found. Havana’s conspicuous scenes of street-level prostitution are the public face of a hidden, sordid trade in children as young as four. Many prostituted children in Cuba are second- or third-generation, following in the footsteps of sex-worker mothers to earn money for families complicit in their exploitation. Cuban authorities deny the problem. And Canada’s lax oversight suggests any self-proclaimed moral obligation to protect children from abuse stops at our own borders. (via Canadians are major customers in Cuba’s child sex market | Toronto Star)

I was going to go to Cuba and live in casa particular to learn Spanish, but now I’m afraid I may be accused of crimes I did not commit.. :(

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All that remained of him, she says, was a misspelled note on a crumpled napkin: “Sorry I don’t fell love anymore. Don’t lock for me. I’l be good. I will try to pay you back. Thank x Everithing. Jorge Manuel.” Standen says she was left with thousands of dollars in debt — from a $4,000 cellphone bill to money she borrowed from her parents for her wedding in Cuba — and a broken heart. (via Marriage to Cuban leaves Brampton bride brokenhearted — and broke | Toronto Star) CBSA would not comment to the Star on the case. It has no readily available statistics on the number of permanent residencies revoked for alleged marriage fraud. Worse, Standen says, immigration officials told her she is on the hook to provide financial support to Gonzalez for three years. Tiana Gabriel, a spokesperson for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, verified that if a sponsored spouse receives social assistance, the sponsor would be responsible to pay it back. CIC implemented a new law last year requiring all sponsored spouses to stay in the marriage for two years before they can receive permanent resident status. But the condition only applies to those who submitted sponsorship applications after Oct. 25, 2012, and Standen’s case predates that. Gabriel said the process for reporting marriage fraud hasn’t changed and said the government plans to launch a new campaign soon, warning people once again “to be wary of falling victim to marriages of convenience.” The sponsored person’s permanent resident status can be revoked, but the process is lengthy. Standen says the border agency would not tell her if a warrant would be issued, and officials didn’t even ask for a photo of Gonzalez. It helps to marry someone similar.

All that remained of him, she says, was a misspelled note on a crumpled napkin: “Sorry I don’t fell love anymore. Don’t lock for me. I’l be good. I will try to pay you back. Thank x Everithing. Jorge Manuel.” Standen says she was left with thousands of dollars in debt — from a $4,000 cellphone bill to money she borrowed from her parents for her wedding in Cuba — and a broken heart. (via Marriage to Cuban leaves Brampton bride brokenhearted — and broke | Toronto Star)

  • CBSA would not comment to the Star on the case. It has no readily available statistics on the number of permanent residencies revoked for alleged marriage fraud.
  • Worse, Standen says, immigration officials told her she is on the hook to provide financial support to Gonzalez for three years. Tiana Gabriel, a spokesperson for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, verified that if a sponsored spouse receives social assistance, the sponsor would be responsible to pay it back.
  • CIC implemented a new law last year requiring all sponsored spouses to stay in the marriage for two years before they can receive permanent resident status. But the condition only applies to those who submitted sponsorship applications after Oct. 25, 2012, and Standen’s case predates that.
  • Gabriel said the process for reporting marriage fraud hasn’t changed and said the government plans to launch a new campaign soon, warning people once again “to be wary of falling victim to marriages of convenience.”
  • The sponsored person’s permanent resident status can be revoked, but the process is lengthy.
  • Standen says the border agency would not tell her if a warrant would be issued, and officials didn’t even ask for a photo of Gonzalez.
It helps to marry someone similar.
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Trade powdery white snow for powdery white sand while saving as much as $500 per person on a weeklong vacation in Cuba. Packages including airfare, accommodations and transfers start at $445 per person ($735 including tax). (via s .)

Trade powdery white snow for powdery white sand while saving as much as $500 per person on a weeklong vacation in Cuba. Packages including airfare, accommodations and transfers start at $445 per person ($735 including tax). (via s .)

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