Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

The most powerful lobby in Washington isn't the NRA. It's the Castro-hating right wing that has Obama's bureaucrats terrified and inert. By William M. Leogrande From Foreign…
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It's a wake up call for the government By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian After a short but bitterly fought, insult-laden campaign, Chavista standard-bearer Nicolás Maduro…
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By Aurelio Pedroso HAVANA – Not long ago, we were visited at home by a 13-year-old boy who had gone through six years of elementary education and was in his first year of junior high…
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While details of the deal between Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and Mayor Gimenez remain undisclosed, the deal has been described as an “economic development grant.”…
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By Saul Landau I find it disturbing that the press corps doesn’t ask obvious questions of high U.S. officials; rather, journalists plead for small details after they accept…
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By Bill Press Regular readers of this column have heard me say it before, but I'll say it again: I'm often embarrassed by the questions my colleagues ask at White House briefings.…
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By Max J. Castro HAVANA - Austerity bites. And whether we are talking about the European road to ruin for tens of millions of people and entire countries such as Greece, Cyprus,…
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Progreso Semanal/RPA HAVANA – The Special Development Zone at Mariel (49 kilometers west of the capital), under construction for the past several years, already contains several…
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International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 OAKLAND, CA - Another incident of injustice against one of the Cuban 5 took place at the Victorville Penitentiary in the high…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera HAVANA – The just-ended Third World Classic of Baseball has fueled debate among Cubans regarding the health of the game and that changes needed to improve…
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