Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian Imagine that you went to see the Steven Spielberg movie Lincoln, and all you got was the viewpoint of Southern white slaveholders during the…
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By Joseph Stiglitz From Project Syndicate NEW YORK – In the shadow of the euro crisis and America’s fiscal cliff, it is easy to ignore the global economy’s long-term problems.…
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By the Progreso Weekly staff Richard Blanco, a gay 44-year-old Cubanamerican, was chosen by President Barack Obama to read a poem during the presidential inauguration on January 21.…
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It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. So I’ll let the illustration say it all. And all in 25 words. Alvaro F. Fernandez
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By Scott Wilson From The Washington Post President Obama on Monday will nominate former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense and counterterrorism adviser John O.…
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Summary of a conversation/interview between Francisco Aruca, director of Radio Progreso Alternativa, and Manuel Alberto Ramy, correspondent in Havana for that outlet and Progreso…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The New York Times Hugo Chávez and his party won 13 of 14 elections mainly because they greatly improved the living standards of the majority of voters in…
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By Michael Moore I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you. I am tired of the ruse we are playing on these brave citizens in our armed forces. And guess what - a…
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By Bill Press Well, what do you know? We didn't go over the fiscal cliff, after all. In the end, the country was spared. Only the Republican Party was destroyed. Or, at least,…
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By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA – A key to the solution to the dispute between Cuba and the United States lies in a future scenario where a…
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