Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Bill Press Consider this scenario. After months of debate, the national legislature is set to cast a historic vote. But, before legislators can vote yea or nay, the bill must first…
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By Elíades Acosta Matos One of the most accurate (and at the same time most inexact) ways to define ourselves as a people was expressed by Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín, former president…
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A new report examines contributions to members of Congress from the U.S.-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee and its donors. The top 15 recipients are: Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart,…
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From Havana The conflict in distributing loaves and fishes By Manuel Alberto Ramy Some years ago, I regularly chatted with a friendly Jesuit priest – who, lamentably, has since died…
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By Lorenzo Gonzalo The moment that President Manuel Zelaya declared that the proposal for an accord made by the putschist government led by Roberto Micheletti was “a dead letter,” the…
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Al’s Loupe Miami has a new mayor, next up on the agenda: Cuba and Venezuela By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net Miami has a new mayor. His name is Tomas Regalado.…
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By Aurelio Pedroso Years ago in Cuba, a very popular song listed what could be purchased with only half a peso. Thanks to the homespun humorist who wrote it, the new generations have…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com The presidency of Barak Obama reminds one of those chess exhibition matches in which a grand master plays lesser players on several tables…
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By Saul Landau Over decades of movie addiction, I know after depositing my fee for entrance, somewhere between the candy counter and the seat, I lose my critical sensibilities by…
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By Bill Press In the history of modern politics, we've never seen a worse case of media overkill. On Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, there they were: the entire panoply of political pundits,…
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