W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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News
Puerto Rico: U.S. colonial dependency impedes hurricane recovery
September 29, 2017Puerto Rico has been occupied by the U.S. Army since 1898. Blame for most of its problems today lies squarely with the U.S. government.
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Opinion
Can Ana Belen Montes be freed?
September 21, 2017Montes confessed to relaying U.S. government information to a Cuban handler. Now she is locked in a federal prison and suffering from breast cancer.
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World
Saving socialism: Cuba renews land reform to bolster food production
August 29, 2017Cuba is now spending more on imported food than it did in 2008. The survival of Cuban socialism rests on a secure food supply.
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World
U.S. opts for military solutions in Latin America
July 10, 2017The hegemonic ambitions of the United States are ultimately based more on its military power than on the ‘advantages’ of its economic system.
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World
David Ravelo, Colombian political prisoner – free at last
June 23, 2017Ravelo, who was arrested and jailed in September 2010, had led the defense of his own people in Barrancabermeja against paramilitary attacks.
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Environment
Cuba has a plan for responding to climate change
June 15, 2017The unveiling of Life Task comes as the latest manifestation of Cuba’s sustained endeavor to contain the impact of climate change.
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World
Cuba’s National Assembly adjusts socialist model to a changing world
June 8, 2017The legislature has just met to discuss the renovation of Cuban socialism. Castro vows to "change everything that must be changed."
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World
Trump likely to close Cuba doors that Obama opened
June 5, 2017In a June 1 front page story the New York Times suggests that the Trump administration will be alleging Cuban human rights abuses to justify this return to the past.
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