Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Elsa Claro HAVANA - Of all the people of Cuba (11.2 million), only 30 percent live in rural areas and out of that fraction only 18 percent are engaged in the production of…
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A reporter´s notebook To all, for Christmas By Manuel Alberto Ramy For days, I’ve been pondering how to greet our readers for Christmas, a feast of the spirit, family and hope –…
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From the Latin America Working Group So there is no suspense, you did it! Through your calls and emails, forwarding of the action alert, and commitment to retaining unrestricted…
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By David Espo and Alan Fram From the Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal…
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By José Ernesto González Mosquera and Randy García Hernández From the Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano HAVANA – Judging from the interminable lines outside the…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Mitt Romney wants to bet Rick Perry $10,000 to settle an argument over whether Romney claimed in his first book that the health care plan he…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes “Children are born to be happy.” -- José Martí On November 19, 2011, NPR broadcast “Children Of Cuba Remember: Their Flight To America.” Reporter Greg…
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By Bill Press You could never accuse Republicans of going "back to the future." In fact, there are many past leaders of their own party whom today's Republicans would never…
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By Barry Sheckman (Editor’s Note: This letter appeared in Saturday’s Miami Herald. It succinctly describes the problem of priorities our society currently faces.…
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Tenerife-Madrid-Havana –Guanajay By Aurelio Pedroso HAVANA – The reader should not think that I pretend to be an expert in airports when I say that I’ve been in many of them, all with…
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