Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Varela   Antonio Maceo once said that the flag had to be carried to every battlefield, and if the standard-bearer fell, someone else had to pick up the flag and keep it flying. In…
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By Luis Sexto   The existence in bookstores of the memoirs of Baptist pastor Raúl Suárez Ramos seems to confirm the political vision that tends to dominate Cuba today on religion,…
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By Michael Ratner  From The Guardian  The Centre for Constitutional Rights filed papers encouraging Judge Eloy Velasco and the Spanish national court to do what the United States will…
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By José Pertierra From Cubadebate Monday, on the eve of the trial against Luis Posada Carriles in El Paso, Texas, a terrorist in Tucson, Ariz., shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords…
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The case against Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles is remarkable for the cooperation it has produced between the Cuban and U.S. governments. By Peter Kornbluh and Julia E. Sweig From the…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gnail.com As of this writing (late on the evening of Sunday, January 9th) there is much that we don’t yet know about Saturday’s assassination attempt against…
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By Saul Landau  Fish rots. Bacteria work their way down from the head and produce the stench that provoked Marcellus: “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” He and Horatio had…
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By Bill Press  Upon assuming control of the 112th Congress, John Boehner and fellow Republicans say they're listening to the voice of the people.  Too bad they didn't listen to Mary…
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By Alan Farago (aka Gimleteye)  From Eye on Miami  The first test of the GOP pledge to ethics is Miami-Dade's own David Rivera, who possibly will have the shortest tenure in the history…
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Havana, January 11, 2011 (IPS) - Cuban health authorities will market a therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer developed by the island’s Center for Molecular Immunology, said Gisela…
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