W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Free Liliany Obando
March 23, 2010Now 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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Brazil: Workers’ Party names candidate to succeed Lula
March 22, 2010At its national congress in February, the Workers' Party acclaimed President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's endorsement of Dilma Rousseff as the Party's presidential candidate for elections in October.
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World Notes: India, France, Paraguay, Palestine
March 17, 2010In India, women's representation gets major boost, France's Sarkozy loses in regional elections, Paraguay apologizes for repression, death squads, Israel grabs more Palestinian land with iron fist.
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World Notes: Guatemala, Bolivia, Palestine, Iraq
March 15, 2010In Guatemala, abused women find voice; Bolivia reduces maternal deaths; Palestinian women bear burden of crisis; Iraqi birth defects soar.
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Venezuela’s revolution achieves social gains
March 12, 2010For the people, a revolution makes a difference.
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World Notes: Europe, Afghanistan, S. Korea, Cuba
March 11, 2010Europe's attack on working class; Afghan police problems; anti-woman discrimination in S. Korea; Cuban health shakeup.
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Memory, injustice, and the Cuban Five
March 8, 2010Question: 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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Colombian court rejects Uribe third term
March 5, 2010Could it be "the beginning of the end of the horrible night of Uribism"?
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