W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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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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World Notes: Brazil, Yemen, India, Canada, Uganda, Cuba
November 15, 2009Cuba: Retamar honors Marti Poet Roberto Fernández Retamar inaugurated the 7th International conference on Marti Studies. The writer and Casa de las Americas president praised Jose Marti's contribution to Latin American unity and his inspiration of...
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