Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Anya Landau French From The Havana Note Signaling a potential showdown to come later this spring in the newly constituted House Appropriations Committee, appropriators Jeff Flake…
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By Bill Press First it was Cairo. week, it was Madison, Wis. First, it was Hosni Mubarak. week, it was Scott Walker. Two days in a row week, more than 15,000 people gathered in…
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We don’t know who wrote the unusual document below -- probably a Cuban American who for decades knew and supported Luis Posada Carriles’ activities. A Mexican janitor discovered it…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Last week, in the face of protest demonstrations against Wisconsin’s new union-busting governor, Scott Walker — demonstrations that continued…
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By Alejandro Armengol From El Nuevo Herald It is impossible for me to arrange for Willy Chirino to give a concert in Havana. Nor can I arrange for someone on the island to stage a…
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Al’s Loupe There’s talk of reforming the way Miami-Dade operates By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com If you live in Miami-Dade County: pay attention! Change may be…
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By Will Weissert From the Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the perjury trial of an elderly ex-CIA agent can continue although defense claims…
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From Latin America News Dispatch WASHINGTON – Advocates of prying Cuba policy a bit further open are looking to the Obama administration rather than Congress for help. Experts gathered…
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By Scott Hiaasen, Patricia Mazzei and Marc Caputo From The Miami Herald Before launching his bid for Congress last year, David Rivera embarked on a record-breaking campaign for the…
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By Aurelio Pedroso The Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) is reading the riot act, as the old saying goes, to its tens of thousands of members through an internal document that should be…
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