W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Former guerilla wins Uruguayan presidency
December 11, 2009In a runoff election on Nov. 29, José Mujica won the presidency by a 52 to 43 percent margin over former president Luis Alberto Lacalle of the right wing National Party.
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Two Cuban Five prisoners are resentenced
December 10, 2009A federal judge in Miami has reduced the jail time of two more of a group of five Cubans who were given draconian sentences in a controversial and highly politicized 2001 trial.
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Bolivians vote to keep Morales
December 7, 2009The stakes were high for President Evo Morales going into presidential and legislative elections on December 6.
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World Notes: Poland, Honduras, Palestine, Malaysia, Nigeria, Cuba
December 5, 2009In Poland, flaunting a red star or a Che Guevara tee shirt could lead to fines or two years in prison.
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World socialists gather in Caracas
November 28, 2009If nothing else, the "First International Meeting of Parties of the Left" in Caracas last week was ambitious.
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World Notes: Cuba, Western Sahara, Afghanistan, Philippines, South Africa, Haiti
November 24, 2009Cuba: Children a privileged class In televised comments on the 20th anniversary of the UN adoption of a Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF official José Juan Ortiz indicated that of nine million children...
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Rome Food Summit is a flop
November 20, 2009There was little good news for the world's billion hungry people at the UN World Food Organization (FAO) Summit held November 16 - 18 in Rome.
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Urgent need to change U.S. Colombia policy
November 19, 2009President Alvaro Uribe leads a government strong on military repression serving big bankers, mega landowners, multi-national corporations, and elite families.
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