Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

{jcomments off}{jcomments on} By sharing my thoughts, (inter)actions, experiences, and insight here in Washington D.C., I’ll give you an insiders view word-by-word into this world…
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Al’s Loupe Miami Herald recommends David Rivera apparently because he knows where District 25 is located By Alvaro F. Fernandezalvaro@progresoweekly.com The Miami Herald is…
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By Varela (Editor's Note: Varela is on vacation. This article is taken from his blog.) When I left Cuba in 1980 and said good-bye to my father, I was 24; he was 48. He was taller…
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By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian (U.K.) In March I wrote about the Obama administration's contribution (March 18) to the election campaign under way in Venezuela, where voters…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com The latest economic news is bad, very bad indeed, at least for the vast majority of Americans, although not for corporations and the rich. Rather…
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By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdés “The average Washington correspondent is content to write what he is spoon-fed by the government's press officers.” I. F. Stone, 1953. “When the…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times I’m starting to have a sick feeling about prospects for American workers -- but not, or not entirely, for the reasons you might think. Yes,…
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By Bill Press You've heard of the gang that couldn't shoot straight? Barack Obama's the man who can't shoot straight. His first 20 months have zipped by with nothing to show for…
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By Gerardo Arreola From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada HAVANA – Cuba and the United States raised the pressure last weekend to demand the mutual release of prisoners, an…
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Elsa Claro is a Cuban journalist who specializes on issues of International importance. She lives in Havana.
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