W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Meeting of Cuban and Mexican presidents displays solidarity
September 22, 2021Cuba’s friendship with Mexico hardly matches the importance of its alliance with the Soviet bloc, but there could be material benefits for both if the two nations become closer.
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Rocky road ahead for new left-leaning Peruvian government
September 20, 2021Right-wing opposition forces have viciously attacked Castillo and his Perú Libre party. Defamatory media blasts from Peruvian news sources have been constant. Unfounded accusations of electoral fraud persisted for weeks.
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Socialism in the mix as Haitians react to catastrophe
September 1, 2021Assassination, earthquake, foreign military intervention - Haitians have seen it all in only a matter of weeks.
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Jesús Santrich explored utopian origins of Marxist and Bolivarian ideologies
August 25, 2021Colombian Army commandos have killed Jesús Santrich, a 30-year veteran of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
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Let Cuba Live: A report from Maine
July 28, 2021Lots of Maine people know that Cuba is at another watershed moment. Many recall the onset in the early 1990s of Cuba’s “Special Period."
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U.N. again denounces U.S. blockade of Cuba; Biden administration maintains Trump stance
June 24, 2021Among 189 member nations, only the U.S. and Israel opposed the resolution with Colombia, Ukraine, and Brazil abstaining.
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Socialist presidential candidate Pedro Castillo wins tight victory in Peru
June 11, 2021Castillo’s narrow victory, yet to be officially validated, represents an abrupt shift from Peru’s norm of corruption, right-wing ascendency, and political instability.
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U.S. deprives Cuba of syringes it needs now
June 1, 2021The policy of making Cubans suffer so that they will give up socialism continues today.
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