Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Mary Mulhern From the St. Petersburg Times My recent visit to Cuba with Tampa Port Authority Commissioner Carl Lindell, former U.S. Senate Secretary Joe Stewart and a group of…
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Al’s Loupe Brokenhearted and outraged, Cardona forgets what it means to be an American By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net “As a product of the gospel of rock ‘n’ roll,…
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By Elíades Acosta Matos Violence reigns not only on the streets of Honduras, crushed by the putschist boots. It also reigns in the silent libraries, in the bookshelves and especially in…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com A few years ago Grover Norquist, one of the gurus of the right-wing intelligentsia in Washington, once remarked he hoped to be able to shrink the…
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By Saul Landau President Obama has a rough task promoting health care that will provide coverage for most Americans and reduce the cost of this basic service so that it doesn’t bankrupt…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times So it seems that we aren’t going to have a second Great Depression after all. What saved us? The answer, basically, is Big Government. Just to…
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  Last week I mentioned the possibility of Crist picking himself or having the new governor pick him to succeed Mel Martinez as the junior senator from Florida after resigning his post…
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What if Mel Martinez resigns later this month? He is then followed by a Florida Governor Charlie Crist resignation, making Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp the new governor of Florida.…
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By now most know that Florida Sen. Mel Martinez will be resigning, probably by the end of this month. He made the announcement at a morning staff meeting. Martinez had announced he…
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Sources have informed that McClatchy Newspapers, owners of the The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, today announced that 34 more jobs will be eliminated from the Miami newspapers next…
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