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

Bolivian president begins second term
February 3, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
"The colonial state died. The new pluri-national, autonomous, and solidarity-based state is being born," asserted President Evo Morales at his inauguration January 22, after being elected along with Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera to a new...
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World

World Notes
February 2, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
In World Notes this week: Canada, South Africa, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Cuba, Afghanistan.
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World

Debt conflict riles Argentina
January 28, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Argentina's massive default on international debt repayments in 2002 has cut off foreign loan possibilities. The Fernandez government seeks once more to be able to borrow in order to fund social programs.
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World

World Notes
January 25, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Iraq, Cuba, Honduras, South Korea, Nigeria, Belgium
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Opinion

Racism and counter-revolution: Cuba and Haiti
January 21, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
U.S. media reports have cast Haitian earthquake survivors as potentially violent. Like Afro-Cuban rebels before them, they were scorned.
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World

World Notes
January 18, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
United Nations, Britain, Mongolia, Argentina, Iraq, Cuba
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World

Earthquake in Haiti: Cuba responds
January 17, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Less than a day after the earthquake struck Haiti, Cuban doctors were caring for the wounded in a fully equipped field hospital.
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World

Cuban food production is up
January 15, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
President Raul Castro last year signaled increased food production as Cuba's top priority.
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