Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA – Cuba cannot use shock therapy to open its economy but must do everything possible to speed up reforms and “regain time…
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It didn’t take Mariela Castro long to make news in the United States. The Associated Press reports that she “had some blunt words Wednesday for Cuban-Americans who support economic and…
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Bringing distances together By Elsa Claro May 23 2012 They say that whenever there´s a rumor, there´s a reason and though there are not so many rumors or reasons to aspire to a…
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From Radio Cadena Agramonte WASHINGTON - Cuba's removal from a list of terrorist-sponsor nations on Tuesday (May 22) is an increasingly frequent demand in U.S. academic and political…
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By Richard Gott From the British newspaper The Guardian Some years ago, travelling on the presidential plane of Hugo Chávez of Venezuela with a French friend from Le Monde…
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By Saul Landau Less than 3 years ago, Cuban authorities arrested Alan Gross, who had an almost $600,000 contract with DIA, Inc., to carry out a USAID program in Cuba. At his Havana…
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By Bill Press He's the biggest sensation in the UK since Susan Boyle. He trounced the competition in winning the big prize on "Britain's Got Talent." And he accepted his…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com From day one, the Republicans and the right in general have sought to hamstring, cripple, and ultimately render the Obama presidency a…
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By Laura Wides-Munoz and Brendan Farrington From The Associated Press via The Seattle Times MIAMI - Sen. Marco Rubio has close ties to a colleague accused of questionable financial…
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By Dan Gelber From The Miami Herald Notwithstanding the recent Herald editorial, the latest debacle over FCAT writing scores was much more than an administrative miscue in grading…
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