Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

"Now, the Senate is going to have a chance to do the right thing over the next few weeks when Senator Reid brings the DREAM Act to the floor. (Applause.) Keep in mind, in the past, this…
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Al’s Loupe The abuse of flesh and blood cash machines – a Miami-Dade story By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progresoweekly.com Today I write as an angry citizen. A fed-up taxpayer who may…
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By Varela Telemundo's Channel 51 in Miami has something against me. It is not MegaTV's Channel 22 or AmericaTeVe's 41, which are considered little local channels, but a national…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian The bulk of the media often gets pulled along for the ride when the United States government has a serious political and public relations campaign…
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By Fernando Ravsberg From BBC/Mundo A few years ago, I took part in a debate on a European radio and one of the Cubans on the panel spoke wonders about pre-revolutionary Cuba, its…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes In May, Roger Noriega, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2003-2005), acknowledged he conspired with James Cason, chief…
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By Max J. Castromajcastro@gmail.com The last ten years the United States has witnessed perhaps the greatest transfer of wealth in history. The 2001 Bush tax cuts, set to expire at the…
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By Robert C. Koehler What does it mean that the New York Times, upon the occasion of President Obama's announced drawdown of forces in Iraq, called our seven and a half years of…
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A La Alborada Editorial On September 9, the Los Angeles Times published an article about Alan Gross, the USAID subcontractor who has been jailed in Cuba, with this headline: "Case of…
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While in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a Montoya family reunion (my mom's side) and to celebrate Santa Fe's 298th year of historical La Fiesta, I was able to discuss with Governor…
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