Progreso Semanal - Our world from progressive perpectives

By Jorge Gómez Barata Failing to mention the impressive trade in guns that nurtures not only the Colombian guerrillas but also the paramilitaries, the drug traffickers and the gangs…
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(Editor’s Note: Thank you very much to the Cuba travel company Marazul for its help in providing this important information for so many of our readers.) The Office of Foreign Assets…
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China's government is doing a better job than the US at coping with the effects of global economic recession By Mark Weisbrot From The Guardian (UK) Global trade and the economic…
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By Bill Press President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid don't agree on everything. But, when it comes to vacation plans for August, they are all three on the same page. As AP…
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A New York Times editorial In the United States, the burden of registering falls squarely on voters. In countries where the government does more of the work, according to a new study,…
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By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Push finally came to shove in Washington this week as the battle for health care escalated from scattered sniper fire into all-out combat. If it all…
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By Max J. Castro majcastro@gmail.com Obama is nothing if not persistent, but does he have the audacity to show the Israelis that actions have real and not just symbolic consequences…
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By Saul Landau During mid July, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s qualifications for the Supreme Court. The Solon’s oratory focused on themes of…
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Thanks to a Havana Note blog entry from John McAuliff A story came across the McClatchy wire on Friday night that felt like a punch in the gut. It made it seem as though the President…
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Al’s Loupe What’s so unusual about police acting stupidly? By Alvaro F. Fernandez alfernandez@the-beach.net In the fall of 2004, I received a telephone call from my wife. I was…
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