Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Four years ago was the beginning of a nightmare that continues with no end in sight. Alan Gross was arrested by Cuban authorities on Dec. 3, 2009, for his work on a U.S. government…
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Everything in the Honduran government is decided with the blessing of the U.S Embassy. And the Honduran elections of Nov. 24 – like those in Mexico in 1988, 2006 and 2012 – were a…
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Experts stipulate that adjusting the exchange rate for business must be one of the first steps in the process of unification assuming that a higher rate will benefit competitiveness.
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Angola attracts Cubans. Many go to work on construction, a system imposed by the Cuban Armed Forces. They're ready to build anything: : from airports, to a highway, even a bridge.
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David Adams reports for Reuters that the decision by a New York bank to close Cuba's checking account in the United States has presented an unusual diplomatic quandary.
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As Cuban officials see it, Alan Gross is living proof of the U.S. government’s persistent regime-change campaign. Gross was a soldier, albeit of a different sort. He carried a Samsonite…
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Like the tentacles of an octopus, innocent-looking organizations extend throughout the world to destroy the sovereignty of nations. Christian Solidarity Worldwide looks peaceful enough…
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The contents of USB memory sticks and DVDs now circulating informally in Cuba reveal 3 realities: cases of corruption. In the most illustrative of the cases, the accused stole more than…
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The roast pork will have to wait. Some of the people who had planned to travel from the U.S. to Cuba in December to celebrate Christmas, bid farewell to 2013 and spend the school…
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The spokesman for the Catholic Archdiocese of Havana, Orlando Márquez Hidalgo, published an article giving 10 reasons why the social and economic reforms proposed by the government…
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