Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

During a speech closing the 20th Congress of the Cuban Workers Central President Raúl Castro Ruz officially announced that the wages for the health sector will be increased. No…
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President Evo Morales invoked the charter of the Union of South American Nations and called on its members to defend democratically elected governments against coups d’état rejecting…
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United States foreign policy can be summed up as hard power vs. soft power. An example of hard power is the U.S. backing the unsuccessful 2002 military coup d’état. An example of soft…
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Cuban President Raúl Castro on Saturday (Feb 22) condemned the violence generated in Venezuela and Ukraine, which he attributed to "circles of power" in the United States and its…
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This is in everyone’s interests, especially Cuba’s closest neighbor, the U.S. Although lifting the embargo fully requires an act of Congress, President Obama has some executive powers…
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Recent statements by the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, confirm the U.S. government's intent to meddle in the internal affairs of Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro denounced.
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According to a recent Gallup survey, 44% of those surveyed say it's extremely important for the U.S. to develop a plan to deal with the undocumented immigrants - a priority shift from…
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The Venezuelan government on Thursday (Feb 20) rejected statements made the previous day by U.S. President Barack Obama regarding the current unrest in that South American country.
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At a meeting in Caracas with ambassadors from the CELAC, the Venezuelan foreign minister, Elías Jaua, repeated his warning about the involvement of the U.S. in the acts of violence…
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"One of the problems that has created the situation we have lived through in the past 50 years is that you're either with me or against me. We have become intolerant. And I think that…
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