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, lives in rural Maine. W.T. Whitney Jr. es un periodista político cuyo enfoque está en América Latina, la atención médica y el antirracismo. Activista solidario con Cuba, anteriormente trabajó como pediatra, vive en la zona rural de Maine.

LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.

World

World Notes: Guatemala, Bolivia, Palestine, Iraq
March 15, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
In Guatemala, abused women find voice; Bolivia reduces maternal deaths; Palestinian women bear burden of crisis; Iraqi birth defects soar.
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World

Venezuela’s revolution achieves social gains
March 12, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
For the people, a revolution makes a difference.
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World

World Notes: Europe, Afghanistan, S. Korea, Cuba
March 11, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Europe's attack on working class; Afghan police problems; anti-woman discrimination in S. Korea; Cuban health shakeup.
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World

Memory, injustice, and the Cuban Five
March 8, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Question: with legal remedies exhausted, will the Cuban Five be forgotten? Answer: Never, as long as Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio, Fernando and René are not free.
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World

Colombian court rejects Uribe third term
March 5, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Could it be "the beginning of the end of the horrible night of Uribism"?
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World

World Notes: S. Africa, Spain, E. Timor
March 5, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
No land for South Africa's black women, Spanish workers take a hit, Indonesian impunity still reverberates in East Timor.
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World

World Notes: UN, Yemen, Cuba
March 3, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Women's equality under study at UN, Yemen conflict eases but instability continues, Cuba state visit zeroes in on U.S. blockade.
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U.S.

Terrorist with connections: the strange case of Luis Posada Carriles
March 1, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Posada, would-be assassin of Fidel Castro, confessed bomber of Cuban tourist hotels and murderer of an Italian tourist, with a long CIA career, has won another trial delay.
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