Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

As part of a whirlwind diplomatic tour, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Wednesday (April 23) in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and prepared to…
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In the U.S., between 70,000 and 80,000 people undergo amputation of diabetic foot every year and Cuba has developed a medication that helps in the healing of diabetic-foot ulcers and…
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The Washington Office on Latin America issued a statement today calling on the Obama administration to negotiate with the Cuban government to secure the release of USAID contractor Alan…
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The evidence of income inequality just keeps mounting. Our now infamous one percent own more than 35 percent of the nation’s wealth. Which has turned Washington into a protection racket…
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A couple of young Cubans who plan to travel to Ecuador say that their journey is to go "beyond" on a journey to the United States. It is one of many new dynamics in the relationship of…
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If anyone doubted that the U.S. military tribunals in Guantánamo were kangaroo courts those doubts should have been erased last week when it was revealed that the FBI has been spying on…
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Hialeah is Miami-Dade County’s second largest city and the sixth largest in Florida. It is also one of the most important industrial areas in the state. And although there are many…
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One way or another I’ll be back with my family in Maryland in less than a year, Alan Gross told his lawyer during a recent prison visit in Cuba.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ended a two-day visit to Venezuela Tuesday night (April 22) and went on to Argentina, continuing a four-nation mission preparatory to a tour by…
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Accustomed to bad news, the immigrant community has welcomed as a breath of fresh air some positive developments that occurred in recent weeks. In a movement that could have national…
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