Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

More than once the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to persons who may not have deserved it; the only one who’s received it “on credit” was Barack Obama. But anyone with a minimum of…
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Rep. Phil Gingrey ranted about how he was “stuck” making $172,000 a year while staffers in congress can use their experience to go on to bigger and better lobbying careers later in…
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Cuba has expressed its intention to cooperate with the Security Council of the United Nations in the investigation of the North Korean ship that was detained in Panama for carrying…
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The difference between war and peace is easily discernible. The difference between war and war isn't. Those who get excited at the start of every new war, the continuation of a previous…
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Thursday morning, Cubans will wear yellow ribbons on their bodies, and the island of Cuba will decorate in yellow its houses, vehicles, public and private buildings, and even its tall…
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To answer this question, we must define that United States policy toward Cuba means the ways, methods, mechanisms, actions and objectives of the U.S. government with respect to Cuba.
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Many in the U.S. political elite are worried that if the United States does not launch a military attack on Syria it will lose an intangible but important thing: "credibility." But…
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Starting next week, Wednesday Sept. 18, The Miami Herald will start publishing ‘Caliente.’ It is being described by some on the inside as a weekly, gossipy magazine in Spanish. They…
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There’s been intensification these days of an old accusation against me: "YADIRA IS COMMUNIST." My first reaction is almost always to smile or laugh. I also refuse to fall into the trap…
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Progreso Weekly columnist and friend Saul Landau passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, surrounded by family. He had been battling bladder cancer for the past two years.
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