Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Mark Engler Customers should be able to know if companies that they are supporting with their purchases are busy spending money on groups that undermine environmental…
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By Bill Press After hearing the latest daily take from the John Edwards trial, now under way in Greensboro, N.C., you almost want to take a shower. It's better (or worse) than any…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy HAVANA - The number of university graduates among fellow Cubans is impressive. According to the National Office of Statistics (ONI), in 2010 Cuba’s work…
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By Dalia Céspedes HAVANA - They say that religion once meant the act of reuniting (religare). If I haven’t misunderstood Socrates, just as philosophy is love for something you…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera HAVANA – Much is being said about the possible contribution of Cuban-Americans to the future of Cuba. Some have even described them as the nation’s…
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By Lenier González Mederos HAVANA – If anything has characterized the project of reforms put forth by President Raúl Castro, it has been the silence that surrounds the stages of its…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com A dirty word not so long ago and a sure-fire political loser, right-wing extremism is back with a vengeance. “Extremism in the defense…
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Al’s loupe With all respect: It’s not enough By Álvaro F. Fernández alvaro@progresoweekly.com I’m glad I spent part of last week and the weekend in the Washington, D.C., area. The…
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A correspondent’s draft Economy and professional frustration By Manuel Alberto Ramy April 30/ 2012 Reasons for professional emigration Cuba’s FEU president interviewed for RPA The…
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From the Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban officials reached out to U.S. exiles on Saturday with a videoconference between Havana and Washington, promising a highly anticipated…
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