Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Alvaro F. Fernandez MIAMI - Cuba called the decision embarrassing. Let me add hypocritical. As expected, the U.S. Dept. of State announced last week (May 30) that Cuba would…
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By Valerie Strauss From The Washington Post It's always useful to know where people are coming from, so we can thank former Florida governor Jeb Bush for making it so easy to…
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By Bill Press Say it ain't so. There has never been a sadder day in American politics. Political reporters are still in shock over Michele Bachmann's sudden announcement that she…
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By Max J. Castro MIAMI - Today’s reactionary Republican Party isn’t given to literary flights of fancy. But its latest assault on the tattered remains of the always…
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By Saul Landau My parents, like many millions more who voted for Franklin Roosevelt and ousted Republican Herbert Hoover, sat glued to their radios to hear FDR’s first…
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The U.S. government continues to put Cuba on its international terrorism list because of flawed rationale and historical prejudice By Keith Bolender From guardian.co.uk While an…
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By Maria Rodriguez From the Orlando Sentinel Jose has been in foster care. He didn't think he belonged there, with children who have been abandoned or abused. His mom, caring and…
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By Yadira Escobar From her blog Yadiraescobar.com MIAMI - Swimming against the current is not only exhausting but also futile – and that's precisely what those who haven't…
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White, black, Haitian, Cuban, Dominicans, Venezuelans, Colombians, Mexicans.  There are more. The fact is that one can’t deny Miami’s diversity. The food, the sounds,…
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By Milena Recio HAVANA – On May 27, Cuba was informed that, beginning on June 4, the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) will provide connections to the Internet to any…
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