Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

The Most Rev. John R. Manz, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, is visiting two Cuban dioceses to examine pastoral projects that have received funding from the United States Conference of…
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Two students here from Cuba who will attend Miami-Dade College agreed to be interviewed by Progreso Weekly but later shunned the cameras and evaded our reporter.
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According to the Republican Senator from Florida, the war on poverty has failed and it is high time we adopt a new and more effective Republican approach to the problem.
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Foreign ministers from the European Union countries will postpone a debate about EU relations with Cuba until further notice, the news agency EFE reported.
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Fifteen young Cubans from the island are creating a sensation in Miami's Spanish-language media. Funded by the Cuban American National Foundation, the youngsters will study for 6 months…
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The 900,000 poorest working families in North Carolina just got another tax hike from the conservatives who swept state legislature elections in 2010.
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Law No. 315 governing self-employment has been published in Cuba's Official Gazette, the daily Granma reported detailing punishments to those who do not observe the regulations.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday asked the Vatican to help win the release of a Jewish-American contractor Alan Gross who has been in a Cuban jail since 2009.
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Suspense continues to build up in Chile over President-elect Michelle Bachelet's choice of a Communist Party member -- or members -- to her cabinet.
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An article in The National Interest ponders why the organizers of Nelson Mandela’s memorial service invited Raúl Castro to be one of only six foreign leaders to speak at the ceremony.
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