Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

In general, American embassies around the world stand as fortresses. This is not the case in Cuba. Located in Havana's Malecón, access is direct from the street and security is provided…
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The future of America is in your hands. More people voting would not only mean "different political parties with different platforms and different candidates," the writer Rebecca Solnit…
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At this point in our history, Progreso Weekly / Semanal understands that our aim must be refined, and that, at the same time, explaining the context of events occurring is now more…
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The Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, has opened an office in Havana to step-up support of the country's infrastructure development. About 200 people, including a…
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Although it seems like a century since he took office, Donald Trump has been president for less than 15 months. In search of the most important things about the president —attitudes,…
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After dusk in Havana, an ice-blue neon sign illuminates the faded facade of the Cine El Mégano, one of many abandoned movie houses in the Cuban capital, lighting up a once-vibrant…
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Trade wars are lose-lose propositions. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 resulted in a trade war that helped plunge the world into the Great Depression. And Trump’s “easy to win” remedy…
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Mass-media has become the main opposition to the progressive governments of the region. In its heyday in 2009, out of ten Latin American countries in South America, eight had leftist…
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