Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Greg Palast In 2005, Reverend Pat Robertson – channeling the frustration of George W Bush's State Department, said, "Hugo Chavez thinks we're trying to assassinate him. I…
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By Walter M. Brasch From Raging Chicken Press I received a letter from a friend this past week. It was a letter he should never have had to write, yet did so out of desperation.…
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By Bill Clinton From The Washington Post In 1996, I signed the Defense of Marriage Act. Although that was only 17 years ago, it was a very different time. In no state in the…
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Luis Inácio Lula da Silva From The New York Times HISTORY will affirm, justifiably, the role Hugo Chávez played in the integration of Latin America, and the significance of his…
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Foreign journalists, two opponents of the government and a Cuban intellectual, opine about the impact that the television station Telesur is having on the Cuban population. You cannot…
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Progreso SemanalHAVANA: The Cuban government expressed its grief over the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and ratified its unrestricted support for the Bolivarian Revolution.…
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Progreso Semanal/RPA HAVANA - In late January 2012, José Vicente Rangel interviewed President Chávez. The questions dealt with the presidential election. The president said:…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada A young man faces life in prison for the crime of informing his people of what their government does in their name; another…
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By Bill Press It suddenly hit me this week: I don't live in the real world. I live in Washington, D.C. In the real world, nobody would argue about renewing the Violence Against…
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By Mark Weisbrot From the British newspaper The Guardian Venezuela’s recent devaluation has sparked quite a bit of discussion in the international press. The Venezuelan opposition…
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