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Visiting Gerardo and comparing Gross with the Cuban Five
By Danny Glover and Saul Landau
2:30 PM - Departure time, the most excruciating part of visiting Gerardo Hernandez. A prison guard announced: “Visiting hours are over.”…
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God doesn’t care about politics or football
By Bill Press
Psssst! Don't tell anybody, but I have a secret. I talk to God every day. And she told me herself: She doesn't give a fig who wins the Republican primary. But you'd…
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YOU did it! Cuba travel removed from bill
From the Latin America Working Group
So there is no suspense, you did it! Through your calls and emails, forwarding of the action alert, and commitment to retaining unrestricted…
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Deal reached on spending bill; Cuba travel language dropped
By David Espo and Alan Fram
From the Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal…
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Where’s Captain Hook in NPR’s Peter Pan?
By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes
“Children are born to be happy.” -- José Martí
On November 19, 2011, NPR broadcast “Children Of Cuba Remember: Their Flight To America.” Reporter Greg…
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Channeling Teddy Roosevelt
By Bill Press
You could never accuse Republicans of going "back to the future." In fact, there are many past leaders of their own party whom today's Republicans would never…
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The warning Alan Gross should have received
By Collin Laverty
Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of the imprisonment of Alan Gross, a U.S. Government subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba. Gross and his family have maintained…
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Diaz-Balart-led republicans ready to punish the Cuban family again
From the Latin America Working Group
(Progreso Weekly Editor’s Note: It is important to note that although this initiative is republican-led, there are numerous democrats in…
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Pre-meditated empire
(Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of pieces of an interview conducted by Lesley Stahl of CBS News during the TV program ’60 Minutes.”)
A year ago, Paul O'Neill was fired from his…
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Democrats for Newt in 2012
By Bill Press
You won't hear me say this often, but here goes: I apologize for all the nasty things I said about Newt Gingrich in last week's column. I'll even go so far as to admit…
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