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The Church in Cuba and the work of Cardinal Ortega
By Jorge I. Domínguez
From the magazine Espacio Laical (Lay Space)
The Catholic Church in Cuba has experienced a remarkable transformation in the past half century. In the 1960s, the…
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Is he or isn’t he being considered?
Marco Rubio lacks experience and wisdom, say consultants
By the Progreso Weekly staff
(Editor’s Note: After reports that Romney advisors said Marco Rubio had be discarded as a…
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Romney discards Rubio as running mate
Rubio lacks experience and wisdom, say consultants
By the Progreso Weekly staff
Mitt Romney’s political team has stopped considering Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as a possible candidate…
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Obama administration to block deportation of young undocumented immigrants
By Peter Wallsten
From The Washington Post and Associated Press
The Obama administration will block deportations of hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants who had been…
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Interfering with voting rights
An editorial from The Washington Post
Florida is one of a number of states to have recently imposed ill-considered restrictions on voting rights, as it interferes with efforts to…
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Elections loom
By Saul Landau
New York City’s wealth stands in stark contrast to the countless people begging on its streets.
New York is different of course, but not for the 1% who live…
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You could die laughing
By David Brooks
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
NEW YORK – The right wing in this country is so unhinged that, if you ignore the devastating consequences, you could die of…
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Nuns on the run – and on the bus
By Bill Press
Don't look now, but the pope and his posse of bishops are on the warpath. The Vatican and American bishops are out to squash those they consider the greatest threat to…
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Video: Mariela Castro visits The Nation magazine
During a visit to The Nation's offices, Mariela Castro of the Cuban National Center for Sexual Education spoke about US foreign policy, arguing that "international relations can't be…
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Obama faces a frustrated Hispanic electorate
By Julia Preston
From The New York Times
As President Obama heads into the main stretch of his re-election campaign, his immigration policies have produced few gains among Latinos,…
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