Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Writing about Nelson Mandela is a daunting task. It's not just the greatness of the man or the fact that so much already has been written about the liberator and founder of the modern,…
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The Obama White House is filled with book smart people. It's the street smart ones that are in short supply. And that was nowhere more obvious or painful than in the disastrous launch…
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The Cuban Interests Section in Washington reports that it will restart consular services immediately, temporarily, until February 17, 2014.
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The Spanish government has told critics that it is quite satisfied with its handling of the repatriation from Cuba of politician Ángel Carromero.
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M&T Bank cancelled the Cuban government's accounts and the Cubans have not been able to find a bank to work with. Now Cuban-Americans cannot renew passports or get the required…
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Joint communiqué to the Ninth WTO ministerial conference from the members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America. Also excerpts from statement by Cuba's Vice Minister…
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Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua had refused to endorse a World Trade Organization trade reform agreement because it did not address the United States' blockade of Cuba.
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Mandela was a political activist and agitator. He did not shy away from controversy and he did not seek — or obtain — universal approval. Here are some of the things he believed that…
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Cuba politics has become a trap for the United States itself, insofar as it prevents the government from acting with the flexibility required when it comes to policy management, both…
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To fully grasp the meaning of Nelson Mandela’s death, at the age of 95, imagine for a moment that his life had turned out differently. What if he’d perished as a child, like so many…
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