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By Mark Engler From Dissent Magazine Answer me this: Do progressives have anything to lose by opposing Elena Kagan as too conservative to be a satisfactory pick for the Supreme…
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By Antonio Padrino That a car in Venezuela costs three times more than in Peru or in the United States and that one must wait six months to acquire one – through a bribe – is not all…
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By Jorge Gómez Barata I followed with interest the work of the Congress of the Small Farmers Association (ANAP), also called “the Peasants’ Congress.” The effort was worthwhile…
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By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA, May 17 – Private farmers, who generate 70 percent of the food produced in Cuba, asked for more freedom to sell their…
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By Varela David Rivera is a Florida superhero. He doesn't spend as much in haircuts as his friend Marco Rubio, but he gets into adventures that cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands…
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By Robert Naiman Sao Paulo, Brazil - If I were in Washington, I would run down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to Congress with a big Brazilian flag, as the young Brazilians…
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By Alan Fram WASHINGTON (AP) -- Illegal immigrants are a boon, not a burden to the country, a resounding majority of Hispanics say, according to an Associated Press-Univision Poll that…
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Al’s Loupe Crist offers tiny ray of hope By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progresoweekly.com There is an important senate race in Florida this year. Last year at this time I would have…
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Travel agencies expect the Obama administration will intervene in the case By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA, May 9 – Following an explosive growth…
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By Bill Press Farewell to the Tea Party. It was fun while it lasted. It certainly got a lot of undue media attention. But it died a premature, yet welcome, death. Ironically, what…
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