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Cuba policy, 2 weeks before inauguration
As the saying goes, it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. If we run out of candles, we can start using charcoal made from Cuban marabú. It is why the forces…
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Renegade Republicans, including two from Miami, sought to weaken ethics police in Congress
The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) became better known to the American public this week when a group of House Republicans, which included two members from the Miami area, behind…
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Two cheers for Obama’s UN vote on Israeli settlements
The Obama administration, with its recent United Nations vote, broke with another longstanding, unjustifiable element of U.S. foreign policy: automatic, unconditional diplomatic…
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Military parade (without tanks) in Havana
Representatives of mass organizations, armed forces, labor centers and people in general paraded this morning in the José Martí Revolution Plaza in Havana. This January 2 was celebrated…
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Happy New Year
To all our readers, Progreso Weekly wishes you a Happy 2017. We take this opportunity to thank you for your loyalty. We have been on vacation this past week and will be back from this…
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Czech member of Parliament to Cuba: Add cigars to shipment of rum
In a novel way to settle a foreign debt, Cuba has offered to pay the Czech Republic with 276 million dollars worth of rum and pharmaceutical drugs, Czech deputy finance minister Lenka…
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Trump mute after campaign co-chair launches racist rant at first family
You have your racists. Then you have your RACISTS. You have your mean-spirited people. Then you have your real MEAN-SPIRITS. Then you have one Carl Paladino, who just put himself on a…
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Economist’s advice to Czechs: Take the Cuban rum and sell it
PROBLEM: What should the Czech government do with the 23 million bottles of rum that Cuba is offering as payment for its $276-million debt? There's an easy answer...
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Republicans: The unbearable lightness of being
For a generation, the Republican party has thrived despite, or because of, two kinds of lightness: the lack of weight of their ideas and the lily-white complexion of their leaders and…
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It wasn’t the Russians: Hillary lost because she blew off Sanders and his voters
That the election went Trump’s way because several tens of thousands of voters in a few states switched away from Clinton to Trump because of an alleged Russian “hack” is based on a…
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