Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

Al’s Loupe Brokenhearted and outraged, Cardona forgets what it means to be an American By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net “As a product of the gospel of rock ‘n’ roll,…
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By Elíades Acosta Matos Violence reigns not only on the streets of Honduras, crushed by the putschist boots. It also reigns in the silent libraries, in the bookshelves and especially in…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com A few years ago Grover Norquist, one of the gurus of the right-wing intelligentsia in Washington, once remarked he hoped to be able to shrink the…
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By Saul Landau President Obama has a rough task promoting health care that will provide coverage for most Americans and reduce the cost of this basic service so that it doesn’t bankrupt…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times So it seems that we aren’t going to have a second Great Depression after all. What saved us? The answer, basically, is Big Government. Just to…
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  Last week I mentioned the possibility of Crist picking himself or having the new governor pick him to succeed Mel Martinez as the junior senator from Florida after resigning his post…
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What if Mel Martinez resigns later this month? He is then followed by a Florida Governor Charlie Crist resignation, making Lieutenant Governor Jeff Kottkamp the new governor of Florida.…
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By now most know that Florida Sen. Mel Martinez will be resigning, probably by the end of this month. He made the announcement at a morning staff meeting. Martinez had announced he…
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Sources have informed that McClatchy Newspapers, owners of the The Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald, today announced that 34 more jobs will be eliminated from the Miami newspapers next…
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From Havana By Manuel Alberto Ramy I was writing my column when I received the article by my friend Luis Sexto ("Cuba, the smoke and the wheat") where he meditates about the speech made…
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