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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com One thing we know this week for sure that was not quite so clear before is that Mitt Romney is not ready for the big leagues. Last week Mitt…
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To our readers and listeners By Manuel Alberto Ramy HAVANA, 30 July – (Radio Progreso Alternativa) – The thousands of listeners of Radio Progreso Alternativa and readers of Progreso…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times For years, allegedly serious people have been issuing dire warnings about the consequences of large budget deficits — deficits that are…
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By Marc Frank From Reuters HAVANA - Cuba adopted a new tax code this week and said it would loosen regulations on some state companies while turning others into cooperatives, as one of…
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By the staff of Progreso Weekly/RPA HAVANA – After the Mass in homage to oppositionist Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, said by Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, a group of oppositionists began…
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By Saul Landau Savage=not domesticated or cultivated; wild. In June and July the war on drugs proceeded apace as DEA agents and Honduran military goons knocked off some Miskitu…
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By Jilian Mincer From Reuters For generations, most college-bound Americans paid reasonable fees to attend publicly financed state universities. But the bedrock of that system is…
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By Bill Press Somewhere, Newt Gingrich is laughing. Sure, we made fun of him during the primaries. And we cheered when Mitt Romney poured in the big bucks and crushed him like a bug.…
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By Elsa Claro HAVANA – Multidisciplinary teams in various research centers, institutes and universities nationwide are working in the design of what eventually will be an experiment…
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By Elsa Claro HAVANA – Amid a hot and somewhat hopeless summer, a lot of transformations were announced to the Cuban citizenry. A large package that expands and develops measures…
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