Cuba

By Jesús Arboleya Cervera HAVANA – The results of two controversial elections have reignited the debate over the future of Latin America. In Venezuela, the left triumphed…
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Interview with Jorge Piñón By Roberto Veiga and Lenier González HAVANA – Progreso Semanal talked with energy affairs researcher Jorge Piñón, a Cuban-American who left the…
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My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism…
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HAVANA– RPA/Progreso Weekly - René González Sehwerert was notified Friday (May 3) that U.S. Federal Judge Joan Lenard has issued an order that will allow him to remain in Cuba for…
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Fates of jailed Cuban Five are at the heart of hostility between Washington and Havana. Cuban Adriana Perez hasn’t seen her imprisoned husband since 1990s. By Oakland Ross From…
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By Aníbal Malvar From the Spanish daily Público MADRID – Ferociously persecuted by Castroism and deprived of all freedom, Yoani Sánchez is making a world tour to denounce the…
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Progreso Semanal/RPA HAVANA – Brazil is weighing granting the construction company Odebrecht a $150 million credit to remodel airport terminals in Havana and other Cuban cities,…
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By Jorge Morales From the blog La Joven Cuba MATANZAS – Recently, I read a Spanish translation of the letter written by Roberto Zurbano to The New York Times. With some of his…
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The most powerful lobby in Washington isn't the NRA. It's the Castro-hating right wing that has Obama's bureaucrats terrified and inert. By William M. Leogrande From Foreign…
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By Aurelio Pedroso HAVANA – Not long ago, we were visited at home by a 13-year-old boy who had gone through six years of elementary education and was in his first year of junior high…
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