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By Bill Press He barely won the Iowa primary. He handily won New Hampshire. He's going to win South Carolina next. So now we know the Republican nominee for president will be: Gordon…
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By Saul Landau “Oy,” sobs the old woman. “Oy! Oy!” “What’s the matter, grandma?” asks a man passing by. “Oy, I’m so thirsty!” He returns with a glass of water. She drinks it and…
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By Robert Reich From the Robert Reich blog Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as "free enterprise on trial" – defining free enterprise as achieving success through…
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By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA – In one year, Cuba doubled the volume of its trade with Venezuela, which in late 2010 accounted for nearly 40 percent…
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By Roberto G. Peralo From the blog La Joven Cuba (LJC) MATANZAS – Raúl Castro’s speech before the National Assembly on Dec. 23 was interesting. The most important of the…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera A widely expressed opinion is that the current economic reforms in Cuba do not imply any relevant political changes. That’s what the U.S. government…
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By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com So you’re a Miami Marlins fan. Two years down the line imagine they are playing great baseball and are battling for the playoffs;…
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Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com “Are GOP candidates playing the race card?” reads the headline to a January 9th article in the Washington Post. You might as well…
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By Jonathan M. Hansen From The New York Times IN the 10 years since the Guantánamo detention camp opened, the anguished debate over whether to shutter the facility — or make it…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy HAVANA – The relationship between the established power and society is extremely important for any country. When that relationship begins to fall apart, some…
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