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

World Notes: Egypt, Cuba, Kenya, Italy, Venezuela, India
October 19, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
A round up of international news from Egypt, Cuba, Kenya, Italy, Venezuela and India.
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World

U.S. terrorism exported to Cuba and Venezuela
October 5, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Cuban TV has been broadcasting the new documentary "Cuba's Reasons: The Route of Terror" which nails down basic facts regarding anti-Cuba terror.
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World

World Notes: China, Afghanistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria, Germany, Cuba
September 30, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
China-Russia ties, Afghanistan deaths, green industry in Caribbean, Nigeria's oil, lifetime jobs in Germany, U.S.-Cuba trade.
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World

Chavez socialists win National Assembly elections
September 30, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
In elections September 26 for the National Assembly, the slate led by President Hugo Chavez' Venezuelan United Socialist Party (PSUV) took 98 of the 165 seats in contention.
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World

Honduran struggle grows, repression continues
September 28, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
The National Front for Popular Resistance (FNRP), in Honduras announced that 1.342.876 signatures had been collected calling for a constituent assembly.
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World

World Notes: Colombia, Iraq, South Africa, Cambodia, Romania, Cuba
September 20, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Labor killings in Colombia, orphans in Iraq, agribusiness in South Africa, garment workers in Cambodia, health care in Romania and Cuba.
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World

World Notes: France, UK, DR Congo, Iraq, China, Cuba
September 13, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
A quick look at news from France, United Kingdom, Iraq, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo and China.
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U.S.

Cuban Five: What is to be done?
September 9, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
The time is now put the fight to liberate Gerardo Hernandez, Ramón Labañino, René Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez on a campaign footing.
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