Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Agreements from the Communist Party Conference still unfulfilled Saturday, 02 June 2012 By Roberto G. Peralo Taken from La Joven Cuba (LJC) A young Cuban´s worries about the…
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Cardinal Jaime Ortega receives support By Progreso Semanal staff HAVANA - “For months we have observed that a plan has been gestated” to damage the person of Cardinal Ortega and the…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times “The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity.” So declared John Maynard Keynes 75 years ago, and he was right. Even if you have a…
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The Cuban Church: “A song of hope” By Romy Aranguiz From Emilio Ichikawa’s blog The Catholic Church and Cardinal Jaime Ortega have been the target of vile attacks that question…
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Expresses disappointment that Rivera once again tries to suppress family travel to Cuba 112th Congress United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on…
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An interview with the Rev. Yosvany Carvajal By the RPA/Progreso Weekly team HAVANA – The task faced by the Felix Varela Cultural Center (CCFV), run by the Archdiocese of Havana, is…
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From the Orlando Advocate Washington, DC - Today, civil and voting rights organizations Project Vote, Fair Elections Legal Network, Advancement Project, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, LULAC…
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By Juan Forero From The Washington Post LOMA LA LATA, Argentina - In a desertlike stretch of scrub grass and red buttes, oil companies are punching holes in the ground in search of…
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By Saul Landau In 1991, The Soviet Union disappeared. Washington changed its anti-Cuba rhetoric from Cold War to human rights. But one issue remains: a U.S. economic colony that…
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By David Brooks From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada NEW YORK – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said last week, as she released her department’s annual report on human…
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