Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Cuba will need as much as $2.5 billion in direct foreign investment to boost its economy, said Cuba's top economist, Marino Murillo Jorge, Thursday (May 8) in Havana.
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What the Herald is trying to do is not so subtly smear Cuba by placing the thought in the readers' mind that Medicare fraudsters in this country run off to fraudster paradise, in this…
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CAFE's next trip to Washington is scheduled for June 23 – June 25. They are planning visits to members of Congress to demonstrate that the Cuban-American community contains a plurality…
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Joe Biden is a nice guy. He has the smile of an actor, Paul Newman-style, the easy and flowing gab of his Irish ancestors and the warm voice of a well-trained announcer. It was people…
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The "experimental" opening to cooperatives in Cuba begins to show signs that it needs corrections. Although the opening was defined by the authorities as "a test" so far 452 permits…
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The press secretary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Aleksandr K. Lukashevic, said, "We consider decision by Washington to be groundless. It is another sign of unwillingness by the…
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These days Havana has welcomed visitors who, in the words of German existentialist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), are in that group of humans who, because they don't fear…
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Clayton Lockett died last week. His execution was newsworthy because it did not go down as just another carefully choreographed, efficient, and seemingly humane bureaucratic procedure…
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An urban legend with a splash of Hollywood glitter tells us that anyone with enough ambition, discipline and effort can rise to Congress or the White House. The truth is that, other…
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