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By Manuel Alberto Ramy HAVANA – Once upon a time there was a king named Herod. One day, his aides told him that, according to reports, a child had been born who would become a king.…
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HAVANA, 18 Dec 2012 –Progreso Semanal/Radio Progreso Alternativa (RPA)– Writer, journalist and literary critic Leonardo Padura Fuentes, 57, won the highest prize of Cuban literature,…
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By Aurelio Pedroso HAVANA – If anyone in Cuba with street smarts and ingenuity would set up a row of chairs along the well-known Salvador Allende Avenue (the former Charles III…
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By Dalia Céspedes As soon as I open "Il Sogno di una Cosa," the novel by Italian poet Pier Paolo Passolini, I find this marvelous quote from the prophet Karl Marx,…
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HAVANA, Dec. 17, 2012 –Progreso Semanal/Radio Progreso Alternativa (RPA)– The semisubmersible platform Songa Mercur arrived in the northern coast of Villa Clara, in the center of…
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By Sarah Stephens From the Cuba Central Newsblast Not too long ago the future of Cuba policy in President Obama's second term seemed predictable. In his first term, Latin America…
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The new year is upon us. It’s a time to look forward and plan for bigger and better things. We can also applaud all that was accomplished the year just passed. Of course,…
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(Note: These were the words offered by Progreso Weekly editor Alvaro Fernandez on Dec. 17, in Havana, Cuba, during the program offered by the University of Havana titled:…
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By Saul Landau HAVANA - Angelie Carmen, tall, pretty and very well built sings on weekends at a popular club in Vibora Park, a neighborhood in Havana. In her day job she works at …
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By Bill Press Once upon a time, Supreme Court justices were seen but not heard. The only time they spoke in public was to ask a question at oral arguments. Otherwise, they kept…
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