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

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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World

World Notes: Brazil, Cuba, Guadaloupe, Spain, Sudan, Thailand, Yemen
January 12, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
This week in World Notes: Brazil passes landmark climate legislation; Cuba rejects U.S. terror designation; Guadaloupe prepares for general strike; Spain's unemployment is highest in Europe; Sudan exports food, while country starves; Thailand's army deport Laotian...
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World

Recent attacks in Europe expose racist underbelly
January 12, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Resurgent racism manifested by death threats and violence cropped up last month in Italy and Hungary.
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World

Of Terrorism, Cuba, and Yemen
January 8, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Who gets a visa to enter the United States? Nigerian citizen Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab did, even though his father had notified the U.S. embassy there of his son's worrisome terrorist associations.
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