Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Former Senator Alan Simpson is a Very Serious Person. He must be -- after all, President Obama appointed him as co-chairman of a special…
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By Bill Press First, there is no such thing as the tea party. There are, instead, at least 2,300 different organizations across the country that loosely identify themselves as "tea…
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By Jesús Arboleya Cervera The advances made by the right in the midterm elections in the United States correspond to what has been happening in Europe in recent years. Perceived by…
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A three part educational interview with Bolivia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Pablo Solon discusses Climate Change, Advocacy, and the COP 16 in Cancun. Part 1:Pablo Solón…
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  Dear Readers; I am just catching up from last week’s lame duck return in Congress. It has been busy around these parts, so I want to update you on some of the events and discussions…
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By Francisco Aruca and Manuel Alberto Ramy Second part of the conversation between Francisco Aruca and Manuel A. Ramy, Nov. 6 in Havana. We should clarify that that conversation, as…
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By Varela They say one can do in a video game what one has never done in real life. The first video war games were against Nazis and zombies but were quickly replaced by the Russians.…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com It is one thing for the United States to emulate pre-Lula Brazil’s levels of economic inequality with a faux-compassionate conservative like…
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By Saul Landau Pundits, professional interpreters of events, have awarded the Republicans with a “legislative landslide” in the House, and declared the Democrats “brutally defeated.”…
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By Cooper Levey-Baker From The Florida Independent In advance of the state legislature’s organizational meeting and special session, incoming state House Speaker Dean Cannon,…
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