Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Welcome Mr. Carter By Aurelio Pedroso 27/03/2011. James Carter, the American ex-president, couldn´t find a better moment to visit Cuba; to go a bit deeper into the matter, one…
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By Saul Landau The human mind doesn’t easily process catastrophe. As Libyan forces battled, tens of millions witnessed televised images of ocean water rising over barricades, picking up…
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Por Manuel Alberto Ramy In the Reflection published Tuesday, Fidel Castro said he resigned, “without hesitation, all my state and political positions, including that of First…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera Although some foreign media called it “vigorous,” little has been said about the legal defense given to American Alan Gross during the trial recently held in…
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Latest News from the Banana Republic Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess resigns Since 2003 his salary has jumped 77% in one of the poorest and ruined counties in the entire…
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By Nelson P. Valdés  The following information originates in several sources . Most of the material comes from the U.S. Department of Defense, Base Structure Report, FY-2009.  The…
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Al’s Loupe Really… ours the best health care system in the world? By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com “I will remember that there is art to medicine … and that warmth,…
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From Eye on Miami  A recent article in The Miami Herald noted that businessman Claudio Osorio filed for bankruptcy. Eye on Miami reported on its own adventure with the political mover…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com While there are a lot of state governments currently vying for the honor, a good case can be made that Florida is the frontrunner in the race for the…
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By Bill Press  It must be spring, because Republicans are frolicking through their annual ritual of trying to abolish funding for public broadcasting -- led this time by Majority Leader…
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