W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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U.S. extradition plot targets peace in Colombia
December 1, 2020Peace agreement in grave danger of collapsing.
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Cuban report says U.S. blockade still causing immense economic loss
November 4, 2020In recommending a blockade, Lester D. Mallory sought “a line of action which makes the greatest inroads in denying money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages, to bring about hunger, desperation, and...
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Chile voted against fascism; left strives for Allende’s wish of a ‘people’s constitution’
November 2, 2020“We began to dig the grave of the Pinochet-era constitution and the market economy,” one report said.
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Cuba’s triple troubles: Pandemic, blockade, and economic crisis
October 26, 202060 years of the U.S. economic blockade made worse by COVID- 19 means Cuba’s already shaky economy is deteriorating.
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Socialists win big in Bolivia; Morales expected to return from exile
October 19, 2020From Buenos Aires, where he lives in exile, former President Morales proclaimed, “We have recovered democracy.”
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Poverty, racism, and inequality merge with COVID-19 to create ‘syndemic’
October 14, 2020For the world's poorest billion people today, non-communicable diseases account for more than one-third of their disease burden. COVID-19 is another layer added to it.
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Colombia-U.S. Axis: Hitting at Venezuela
September 25, 2020Masses of working people in Venezuela are mobilized and anti-imperialist. They are why their government survives. It would survive easier with a kindred movement in Colombia. A U.S. version would be icing on the cake.
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New book explores and praises Cuban health care for the people
September 14, 2020Don Fitz’s book brings together information on Cuba’s Revolution and Cuba’s brand of health care; it communicates a vision of progressive social change. Clearly written and easily read, it deserves a wide audience.
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