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Lawsuit endangers direct flights between U.S. and Cuba
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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Hunger strike in defense of work begins in Mexico
By Manuel Pérez-Rocha
Workers in the Mexican Electricity Workers Union (Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas – SME) have begun a hunger strike for social justice, peace and dignified…
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Media blind to Cuba’s Haiti effort
By Norman Girvan
From Trinidad and Tobago Express
(Progreso Weekly Note: The following piece is further proof of the selective coverage that the mainstream media offer on the Cuba…
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Chomsky warns of the rise of the extreme right in the U.S.
By David Brooks
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
Disenchantment with the government and politicians has recently grown to unprecedented levels, surveys say. There is an…
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Venezuela and Cuba sign oil, gas exploration treaty -in Venezuela
Venezuela and Cuba have signed a treaty for exploration of crude oil and natural gas in two Venezuelan states, the state-owned oil authority has said.
The joint venture, named Petrolera…
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All against Cuba?
By Frida Modak
Alai-amlatina News Service
Amid the renewed siege against Cuba, former U.S. presidential candidate and current Democratic Senator John Kerry made an important…
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Dissidents or traitors?
By Atilio Borón
Published in Página 12 (Argentina)
The “free press” of Europe and the Americas – the one that lied shamelessly when it said that weapons of mass destruction existed in…
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Human rights: The U.S. and the beam in other’s eyes
A La Jornada (Mexico) editorial
Human rights: The U.S. and the beam in other's eyes
The Office of Information of the Chinese Council of State yesterday issued a release, based on…
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Hillary Clinton’s ‘damage control’ trip to Latin America
By Mark Weisbrot
From The Guardian
Hillary Clinton’s Latin America tour is turning out to be about as successful as George W. Bush’s visit in 2005, when he ended up leaving Argentina…
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Ultra conservatives in the U.S. create game against Obama
By David Brooks
From La Jornada, Mexico
President Barack Obama launches a coup, dissolves the Constitution and the country in order to establish the Union of North America, with the…
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