Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Many Americans may already be wondering who will be nominated as U.S. ambassador to Cuba once formal relations are reestablished between the two countries. Here's a look back to 1959…
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Five months after the respective presidents announced they would restore diplomatic ties, latest negotiations will discuss the reopening of each embassies.
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Neither the state nor Metro government has imminent plans to explore Cuban trade. However, Fischer said he’s open to it.
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Five of the 13 surviving "haciendas" that still survive in the Valley of the Mills in south-central Cuba, will open their doors to a form of hospitality that, while betting on…
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Today we’re talking about Jeb Bush. As a presidential hopeful, Bush’s most attractive feature was an aura of competence. Extremely boring competence, perhaps. Still, an apparent ability…
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President Obama's recent progressive initiatives - pursuing diplomacy with Iran, opening relations with Cuba, protecting undocumented immigrants, lifting the federal minimum wage,…
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It is the abandonment of the truth, justice and life itself, my father's and my family's. With their acts, they abandon us every day. And we're going to remind them -- every day.
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Eager for a piece of the action, airlines, hotels, cruise and ferry operators and travel agencies — online and off — have been scrambling to offer service in Cuba.
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Polls suggest that things have changed, and that Rubio's strident Cuba outlook could damage his standing among a constituency that has buoyed his political career.
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Pope Francisco and Raúl Castro
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