Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Bill Press It's a pretty big deal to have a bill named after you, especially if you're not a member of Congress. But, with any luck, this bill will actually soon become the law of…
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By Roberto Veiga González HAVANA - The Cuban nation, especially the society living on the island, is today a lot more plural, perhaps more plural than ever. That diversity is…
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By Dalia Céspedes “From time to time, there are going to be things that are acts of God that cannot be prevented.” -Rick Perry, U.S. politician, reacting to the latest…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera HAVANA - As expected, the Sixth Summit of the Americas, held in Cartagena, Colombia, ended without a political statement due to the differences between the…
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By José Alejandro Rodríguez HAVANA - In a country that is more and more heterogeneous, Cuban socialism today disparages that obsolete and unviable unanimity it attempted in years of…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Three recent events throw a bright spotlight on the extent to which small, supremely well-organized, and lavishly-funded single-issue…
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By Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Nelson D. Schwartz From The New York Times In a stinging rebuke, Citigroup shareholders rebuffed on Tuesday the bank’s $15 million pay package for its…
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An 18 month investigation conducted by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) have not turned up enough evidence to bring U.S. Rep.…
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In his own special way, TV personality and host of Real Time Bill Maher put the Ozzie Guillen loves Castro situation in perspective this past week. It’s worth a watch. I guess they’ll…
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By Salim Lamrani From HuffPost World President of the Cuban Parliament since 1992, and member of the Political Bureau of the Cuban Communist Party, Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada is, after…
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