Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Peter McKenna From The Chronicle Herald (Canada) In the wake of the recent Summit of the Americas in Colombia and his official visit to Chile, Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs to…
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Photo by Aurelio Pedroso By Aurelio Pedroso 21 April 2012 The private initiative boom seems to be unstoppable and irreversible when compared to one of Cuba's three main problems:…
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Last year Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law a disturbing bill that requires all persons who apply for welfare in the state to undergo drug testing. The results, as reported by…
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By John Parisella From Americas Quarterly Last weekend’s Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, ended on a discordant note with no final communiqué outlining a joint…
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By Harry Sterling From TheStar.com Once again Prime Minister Stephen Harper is odd man out with other political leaders, angering fellow hemispheric politicians by his veto blocking…
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Marco Rubio keeps insisting he’s not interested in the vice presidency. But his words at a breakfast sponsored by the National Journal at the University of Phoenix seem to indicate…
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Art by Antonio Guerrero being exhibited in Britain By Duncan Campbell From The Guardian Two of the artists featured in a new exhibition will definitely not be present on the opening…
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By Saul Landau The Syrian conflict continued to boil – or boil over – when Syrian troops fired across the Turkish border on April 9, apparently killing either fleeing refugees or…
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By Michael Winship and Bill Moyers From Truthout Benjamin Franklin, who used his many talents to become a wealthy man, famously said that the only things certain in life are death…
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By Mark Engler It is a myth that Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” But that old saying nevertheless carries…
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