Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Peter Kornbluh From The Nation In U.S. foreign relations with hostile states, President Obama declared in his inauguration speech this week, "engagement can more durably lift…
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Did you see the mostly nude photo(s) of former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez showing off his buff body? I wonder if those muscles were helped along, at the age of 60, by banned…
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Lighten up Senator... By Z. Byron Wolf From The Washington Post (Editor’s Note: The original headline read: "Senator’s Joke About Invading Cuba With Coeds Draws Angry Response."…
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From CubaNews Edited by Walter Lippmann In Cuba, detective novels are considered to be more than entertainment, and the most significant works are not – like in other countries…
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When it comes to Miami-Dade County and its relationship with sports teams our future is starting to look like our recent past. Last week I wrote a piece on my blog titled…
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By Manuel E. Yepe HAVANA - How can you explain Cuba’s support for the people-to-people contacts promoted by the U.S. government against Cuba? I was asked this by a U.S. student,…
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By Dan Whitman Good news: December 29 no one was injured as the Central Market in Port-au-Prince burned down. Bad news: the market burned down. January 6, another fire – this one…
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By the Progreso Semanal Staff Jose Ariel Contreras, the famous Cuban pitcher who in 2002 left the national team in Mexico, finds himself in Cuba. From the municipality of Las…
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Miami Herald reporter John Dorschner recently reported that “With the federal government already slashing their funds in big and small ways, and major state cuts possible from…
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By Gabriel R. Sanchez From Latino Decisions The 2012 election was a watershed moment for the Latino electorate in many respects. In giving President Obama a record level of support…
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