World

World Notes: Australia, Kenya, Dominican Republic, France, Iraq, Jordan, Cuba

November 12, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Iraq, Jordan: Water shortages weigh heavily Southern Iraq is so short of drinking water, according to Azzaman News, that the government has prevailed upon Iran to supply fresh water via tanker ships.

The fall of the wall — a view from Berlin

November 10, 2009

BERLIN - Moments of mass euphoria, wonderful as they are for those involved, do not always explain history. And for me, too many issues and questions remain unexplained or simply unasked.

Communist editor speaks of struggle and socialism

November 10, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

An interview with Carlos Lozano a top official of the Communist Party of Colombia is no small matter.

Honduran accord teeters on the brink of disaster

November 7, 2009 By Emile Schepers

The latest news out of Honduras is very alarming.

Colombian women workers strike for survival

November 7, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Accompanied by her children and 25 fellow workers, strike leader Aidé Silva escorted our small U.S. labor delegation through an industrialized floriculture operation near Madrid, Colombia.