W. T. Whitney Jr.

W.T. Whitney Jr. is a political journalist whose focus is on Latin America, health care, and anti-racism. A Cuba solidarity activist, he formerly worked as a pediatrician, and lives in rural Maine.

LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.

World

Vietnam’s Communist Party meets
February 9, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
The goal for the Vietnamese Communist Party's 11th Party Congress was to “enhance the Party's leadership capacity and combativeness, promoting the nation's synergy, comprehensively boosting the doi moi (renovation) process, creating the fundamentals for Vietnam to...
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World

World Notes: Sudan, Colombia and more
February 9, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Sudan: Darfur fighting re-ignites, civilians lose, Colombia: Sintracarbon mine workers win wage hike, Iraq: Social demands trigger street protests, Switzerland: No safe haven for torturers, Australia: Undocumented refugees seek justice, Cuba: More CIA links to...
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World

World Notes: Algeria, Greece, Canada and more
February 1, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Protests in Algeria, migrant workers' hunger strike in Greece, steelworkers in Canada, and news from South Korea, Haiti, Cuba.
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U.S.

Cuba Five prisoner paintings on exhibit in Maine
January 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
PORTLAND, Maine - Noted actress and dedicated political activist Vinie Burrows helped open an exhibition of paintings by Cuban Five political prisoner Antonio Guerrero on January 19 at the University of Southern Maine Library.
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World

World Notes: Cuba, Israel, Venezuela – and more
January 25, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Pakistanis are protesting U.S. drones while South Africans are negotiating better prices for anti-HIV drugs. All of this and more in World Notes.
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World

A blind eye for terror in Colombia
January 14, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
In Washington, business interests are pushing the Obama administration to submit a U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement for congressional approval. Yet terror prevails under the new regime of President Juan Manuel Santos
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World

World Notes: Cuba, Spain and more
January 12, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Cuba: Infant Mortality rate hits new low, Spain: An end to armed conflict by Basque separatists? Palestine: Civilians under siege, Afghanistan: Grim death toll statistics, Tunisia: Protests continue, spread to neighboring Algeria, South Africa: Zuma speech...
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World

Cuba retools its socialism
January 7, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Cuba is charting a new socialist course, asking "What is socialism, if not to give well-being to the people and redistribute the resources in the best way possible?"
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