http://progresoblog.com Progreso Weekly opens its piece of cyberspace to the readers. We’d like to hear what you think and how you react to our ideas and interpretations of the news. There will be simple rules to follow, and we will abide by them: First, keep it simple. Secondly, profanity and off-color remarks will NOT be tolerated. Finally, we reserve the right to publish any and all commentaries offered to progresoblog in Progreso Weekly. Thu, 14 May 2009 18:12:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Seriously, who cares!? This Father Alberto Cutie scandal has gone on too long. The Miami Catholic priest who became a media star because of good looks and a certain type of charisma, and who just recently got caught smooching with a South Beach lover (yes, she's a woman... and attractive ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=223 Remember U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz? Yes, the same Debbie Wasserman-Schultz who last year refused to back very viable democrats running against the Diaz-Balart brothers and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. The House (of Reps) lady who has been given much power by Speaker Nancy Pelosi... and who has received tens of thousands of ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=221 I just finished reading Manuel Ramy's blog note in Spanish, "State Department playing daisies." You know the story, she loves me, she loves me not... In it he mentions Cuban mega star Silvio Rodriguez and his intentions of flying to New York City from Europe to celebrate Pete Seeger's 90th ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=219 In today's Miami Herald, Lesley Clark reports that "Cuba stays on the list of states that sponsor terrorism." Interesting, I thought, wondering what guidelines the U.S. uses to measure who is a terrorist nation -- or not. So I read on. The report states that Cuba "no longer actively supports ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=217 Termed out of office after this year, Elian Gonzalez lawyer Manny Diaz will relinquish his throne as Mayor of Miami in November. At this point the two persons running -- Commissioners Tomas Regalado and Joe Sanchez -- represent more of the same. And although both may be decent human beings, ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=215 The Florida legislature is at it again. Leading the charge to suppress our vote on the Senate side with SB 956 is State Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, the republican Cuban American from the Miami area. Among other things, this bill together with House Bill 7149 would: restrict third party ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=213 Court rebukes state’s unconstitutional statute   The information that follows was taken from a press release by attorneys’ for plaintiffs in the case. At Progreso Weekly we ask that appropriate authorities investigate the actions taken by Governor Crist, House Speaker Marco Rubio and the law’s main sponsor, State ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=212 What follows is the press release (translated to Spanish after the English) of the release issued by The White House this afternoon announcing new rules of travel and remittances by Cuban Americans who travel to Cuba.: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2009 FACT ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=209 There was an interesting mention yesterday in Radio Miami's Max Lesnik's section where he becomes El Duende (translated as something of an unruly ghost). During the minutes long report from beyond the tomb (as he likes to say), El Duende reports of rumors regarding writer and Miami Herald columnist Carlos ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=208   Por Raúl Álzaga Manresa     En julio de 1978 se celebró en La Habana el XI Festival de la Juventud y los Estudiantes, donde se dieron cita 18,500 jóvenes de 145 países para compartir e intercambiar experiencias. Delegaciones de todas partes del mundo fueron organizadas en meses previos al ... http://progresoblog.com/?p=207