Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Jorge Piñon From The Miami Herald On June 3, 1979, Pemex's exploratory oil well Ixtoc I in Mexico's Bay of Campeche suffered a blowout resulting in what was at the time one of the…
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A Washington Post editorial Congress and the Obama administration are in the market for fresh ideas to create jobs. Or so we are told. So far, however, we haven't seen too many…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Revolutions sometimes start with a small spark, a moment when courage overcomes fear and a determined individual decides to stand up against…
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Miami Herald allegations were “ridiculous,” he says By Danny Glover and Saul Landau On our third visit, the neo-fascist architecture of the U.S. Federal Penitentiary in Victorville…
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By Elsa Claro If you typed in an Internet browser the words "Cuba" and "changes," you would get at least 4 million 980,000 results. If next you entered "Egypt" and "demonstrations,"…
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By Bill Press On January 25, President Obama came, he spoke, and he conquered. We've seen lots of State of the Union addresses, but never one quite like this. It wasn't a laundry list…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera A few days ago, Marco Rubio was sworn in as U.S. senator, becoming the first U.S.-born son of Cuban immigrants to attain that position. His rise warns us…
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By Varela Some days ago, I noticed that The Herald grew afraid of Miguel Saavedra, the CD smasher, leader of that pack of unemployed militants called Vigilia Mambisa that intimidates…
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By Mark Weisbrot Taken from The Guardian It has become fashionable since Spain's economy began to decline to make comparisons to Germany, which is rebounding strongly. The idea is…
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By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progreso-weekly.com The words Miami and corruption turn up together often. The fact is, though, that corruption seems to be part of the fabric of most…
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