Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Jon Stewart from Comedy Central is not only funny. He may have the best news program on television. He takes shots at whatever side deserves the shots. Here he reviews the republican’s…
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By Adam C. Smith From the St. Petersburg Times Marco Rubio had hoped that months ago he'd put behind him the controversy over questionable personal spending on his Republican Party…
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By Jeff Franks HAVANA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The wife of an American contractor detained in communist Cuba on suspicion of espionage was allowed to visit her husband last month in the…
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...and to bring home the Cuban 5. And recently, Brazilian musician  Chico Buarque joined an international campaign led by renowned artists seeking the freedom of the five. La…
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Interesting bit of news I read in The Miami Herald yesterday. It turns out Miami-Dade County spends more on lobbying the federal government than any other county in the country. The…
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By Damien Cave The New York Times MIAMI — Fashion boutiques, restaurants, a bank — Jorge Gomez plans to help his relatives in Havana open whatever business they want. But when? Like…
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By Manuel Alberto Ramy From A Correspondent's Notebook Deflating payrolls is the equivalent of firing workers. To deflate half a million active workers from a 5,027,900 workforce over…
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By Elsa Claro Will private individuals be allowed to import? The question appears in a news item filed from Havana by an experienced correspondent, in a preview of the changes coming…
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Al’s Loupe Marco Rubio’s political connections seem to have paid off By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progresoweekly.com Zac Anderson of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune published a scathing…
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By Varela Some years ago, interviewed by Vanity Fair, the Fanjul brothers, big businessmen, took advantage of the opportunity to justify the way in which they buy governments. They…
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