W. T. Whitney Jr.

LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.

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  Brazil: Workers’ Party names candidate to succeed Lula

  March 22, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  At 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, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

  In 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, 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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  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 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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  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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  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 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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