Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Nothing indicates that the just completed elections will modify the U.S.'s current policy towards Cuba. In fact, that was what Mike Pence said during his visit to Peru on the occasion…
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In his speech, Díaz-Canel said: "There is no space here for a transition that ignores or destroys the legacy of so many years of struggle." He added that "Cuban foreign policy will…
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A new era begins in Cuba this week, when Fidel Castro's younger brother Raul Castro, 86, stepped down as president. In his place steps in Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, an electronic…
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Call it the Trump effect, that giant sucking sound we have been hearing for the last 15 months. It is the sound of all the air being sucked out of the room where democratic politics,…
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Most current members of Congress have no idea what daunting challenges are ahead for this country. And if they were aware, they could care less. They’re more interested in pleasing…
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It's a tall order. An almost impossible task. History has made it difficult for the new Cuban president of the Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, an electronic…
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Barbara Bush, the widely admired wife of one president and the fiercely loyal mother of another, died Tuesday evening. She was 92.
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Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be jailed while he appeals against a graft conviction. Lula claims the charges are politically…
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“The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals,” wrote Donald Trump in his first book, "The Art of the Deal." A whole theory of American political science is…
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