Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Shasta Darlington Havana, Cuba (CNN) Cuba announced on Monday it would lay off "at least" half a million state workers over the next six months and simultaneously allow more jobs to…
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David Rivera was caught in a lie, again! The guy has no shame, absolutely none. He continues to lie then calls his opponent Joe Garcia the liar and changes the conversation when the…
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Message from La Via Campesina North America Global mobilization against the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP-16) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which…
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(CNN) - A new poll indicates that the three way-battle for Florida's open Senate seat, arguably the most fascinating Senate contest this year, is deadlocked at the top. And according to…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, and Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, met in Washington last Thursday to resume direct talks…
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By Jeffrey Goldberg (This is the second of a series of articles from the magazine the Atlantic.) There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show,…
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By Marta Rojas From Cubadebate In spring of 1960, a young American named Saul Landau traveled to Cuba for the first time. His stay was extended until the start of autumn. He…
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By Saul Landau In the San Francisco Bay Area, California’s Central Valley, Los Angeles, New York City, Washington DC, Miami and other areas I’ve visited over the last year, I…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Here’s the situation: The U.S. economy has been crippled by a financial crisis. The president’s policies have limited the damage, but they…
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From the Eye on Miami blog I am dumbfounded at the vitriol and negative emotion being directed at the Florida (Miami?) Marlins over the recent revelation that they are making a tidy…
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