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Cuba news via AI
Using Artificial Intelligence, Progreso Weekly has put together a quick recap of the news coming out of Cuba in the past months. Much of the information was gathered from news outlets…
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The National Assembly of People’s Power meets amid tensions and pressures (Part One)
The fifth regular session of the National Assembly of People's Power, in its tenth term, met last week at the Convention Center amid a climate of energy shortage, ongoing economic…
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The Communist Party shows no signs of life
Based on the press reports about the 10th Plenary Session of the Central Committee, the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) appears more like an entity living in a different country than in…
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A rapidly deteriorating situation for Cuba’s elderly
Cuba's elderly population, comprising over a quarter of the country's inhabitants, is facing a severe and rapidly deteriorating economic crisis. Pension amounts are woefully inadequate,…
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Fewer Cubans living abroad are traveling to the Island
According to official data, 282,983 fewer international visitors arrived in the country in the first four months of the year compared to the same period the previous year (ONEI, 2025).…
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To ETECSA what belongs to ETECSA, to the government what belongs to the government
ETECSA's new pricing regulation for its services has generated significant critical reaction, and it’s no surprise. Sustained and expanded access to communication and information is…
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U.S. not interested in improving relations with Cuba
Despite Cuba's efforts to improve relations by cooperating on deportation flights, the connection with the United States remains difficult due to influential figures in the U.S.…
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The environmental cost of Cuba’s terrorism designation
A recent article written by Vinicius Pereira in The Revelator, a news and ideas initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity, details the significant negative impact of the U.S.…
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Rolando Lozano: A great Cuban musician passed away
Rolando Lozano (1931-2025) began his professional career in Cuba in the late 1940s and early 1950s as flutist in the Cuban Orquesta Aragón. In 1957 Lozano moved first to Chicago, and…
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Where did ETECSA’s revenue go?
I fully understand that ETECSA, the state-owned communications company and the only one authorized (a designated monopoly) to provide telephone and internet services in Cuba,…
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