Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Al’s Loupe Cuban prisoners exploited – so what should we say about our own? By Alvaro F. Fernandez alvaro@progresoweekly.com The most recent orchestrated campaign by U.S.-influenced…
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By Ron Kampeas From JTA News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Advocates for Alan Gross say talk of a trade with the “Cuban Five” is a non-starter, but acknowledge hopes that the Obama…
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Editorial from the magazine Espacio Laical HAVANA –For more than 30 years, the Catholic Church in Cuba has been carving a proposal for dialogue among all Cubans, as an essential…
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A The Washington Post Editorial NO ONE IS MUCH surprised when the Cuban government, which lives in mortal fear of the free flow of ideas, denies travel visas to homegrown dissidents.…
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By Elsa Claro Havana, may 18/2012 Cuba is moving pretty fast towards capitalism, though they say that the “reforms” are slow – Everybody looked at the speaker with some reserve. The…
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You would think that U.S.-Cuba relations would start to make sense, especially after 50-plus years of nonsense. Well the LASA conference to take place in California next week proves…
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By Carol Morello and Ted Mellnik From The Washington Post For the first time in U.S. history, most of the nation’s babies are members of minority groups, according to new census figures…
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By Bryan Schwartzman From the Jewish Exponent The leader of Havana's Sephardic synagogue is urging American Jews to put aside their fears and visit Cuba. The 1,400-member community…
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By Noam Chomsky From Nation of Change Though sidelined by the Secret Service scandal, last month’s Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, was an event of considerable…
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By Saul Landau I sit on a gray plastic chair, facing a tiny, gray, plastic table and another empty, gray, plastic chair, waiting for Gerardo Hernandez in the visiting room of the…
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