W. T. Whitney Jr.

LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.

• World

  

  World Notes: Senegal, Kyrgyzstan, Israel

  April 13, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  French military leaving Senegal, Kyrgyzstan coup impacts Afghanistan, Israel's nukes remain.

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• World

  

  Paraguay’s president in tough spot

  April 12, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Between a rock and a hard place: that describes the precarious situation of Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo.

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• World

  

  FARC releases prisoners as prelude to exchange

  April 9, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Colombia guerrillas unilaterally release prisoners as a step towards political solutions to the 40-year civil conflict.

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• World

  

  Cuba, ALBA send aid directly to Haiti

  April 6, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Cuba plays an outsized role in Haitian health services -- before, and certainly after, the devastating earthquake.

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• World

  

  World Notes: Brazil, Egypt, Belarus and more

  April 6, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Brazil may allow new U.S. base, Sudan elections set to fail, Egypt's El Baradei speaks out, Afghanistan ups  cannibas production, executions return to Belarus and Cuba hosts conference for Chernobyl's children.

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• Opinion

  

  Land grab: Something new in capitalist arsenal

  April 2, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  A new wave of land takeovers by international monopoly capital is taking place.

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• Opinion

  

  How capitalist health care lets women die

  March 30, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  The United States ranks 41st in maternal mortality. Between 1987 and 2006, the U.S. rate doubled, from 6.6 deaths per 100,000 births to 13.3 deaths.

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• World

  

  Free Liliany Obando

  March 23, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  Now and then one individual stands out as an indictment against injustice. That would be Liliany Obando, incarcerated in Bogota's Buen Pastor Women's Prison for almost two years.

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