Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

The elimination of the policy may, or may not, have any effect on current practice. If it suggests that a person out in the coastal waters of the U.S. may claim asylum then it…
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The Department of Homeland Security is ending the so-called "wet-foot/dry foot" policy, which was put in place more than twenty years ago and was designed for a different era, said…
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With one week left before he leaves office, President Barack Obama made one more move that adds to his Cuba legacy doing away with the “wet foot, dry foot” policy that allows Cubans who…
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Cuba has tapped a navy officer, Vice Admiral Julio César Gandarilla Bermejo, as Minister of the Interior, following the death on Jan. 7 of Gen. Carlos Fernández Gondín, who had held the…
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It's the first drop since 1993, when the Cuban economy hit bottom during the crisis known as the 'Special Period'. Cuba's economic growth went into negative space in 2016. This should…
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"We weaken those ties when we define some of us as more American than others; when we write off the whole system as inevitably corrupt, and blame the leaders we elect without examining…
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Tuesday, President Barack Obama said goodbye to the nation. Citizen Barack Obama made it clear to the American people he planned to fight on for the rest of his life for the causes that…
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The macroeconomic data released at year's end by the government confirm the projections that Cuba will enter a recession as a result of the Venezuelan shock. That is why a…
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Meryl Streep accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes on Sunday. During her acceptance speech she took the time to warn of what lies ahead under a Trump presidency.…
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A French company building a hotel in Havana hired workers from India. Reasons given were the productivity and efficiency of their work compared to Cuban workers. We should ask ourselves…
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