Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By René Vázquez Díaz From Rebelión, Aug. 30, 2009 The insults aimed at Juanes for announcing he'll sing a concert in Cuba address issues of principle that must be clarified. All…
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By Valerie Steffl From University Chronicle, August 30, 2009 Around the first of the month, I was reading the global news and stumbled upon what was a highly blogged and criticized…
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By Bill Press Senator Ted Kennedy died exactly one year to the day after his powerful speech to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. There'd been a lot of speculation that…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Prosecute them all. It was at the Nuremberg trials following World War II that the principle was established that following orders was not a defense…
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By John Lamperti From Truthout The June 28 military coup that overthrew the legitimate government of Honduras was a shock. When the Central American wars of the 1980s finally ended,…
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By Everett Evansky (The letter that follows was written by Miami-Dade County public school teacher Everett Evansky. It is a reaction to the reported raises given to his top aides by…
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By Elíades Acosta Matos What in February was reason for the optimistic headline "Obama tears down wall with Cuba" and in March was reduced to a cautious "Obama eases the pressure on…
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By Manuel E. Yepe The sale and purchase of sports talent among nations damages the self-respect of the people from poor countries (euphemistically called “developing countries”) but is…
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By Rolando Castañeda and Lorenzo Cañizares Cuba is going through a crisis whose effects threaten the nation's ability to sustain itself. The young people, generally well-educated, do…
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By Jorge Gómez Barata On Aug. 1, President Raúl Castro, Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, announced the postponement of the organization's Congress and issued a call to a…
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