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: Jan. 12, 2008
January 11, 2008 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
Nigeria: Russians compete for natural gas Turkey: Women win strike China: Legislation benefits workers Italy: Marchers denounce U.S. base Venezuela: Chavez issues amnesty
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Tribunals examine U.S. role in Colombia
January 4, 2008 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
In Colombia, four million people have been forced from their homes and land. Poverty is rampant: almost 24 percent of Colombians earn less than two dollars a day; 65 percent, less than three dollars daily; 40...
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Peace

22,000 say: Close the School of the Americas
December 1, 2006 By W. T. Whitney Jr. And Mike Giocondo

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World

Voices rising worldwide: Free the Cuban 5
March 3, 2006 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
On Feb. 14 attorneys in the case of the Cuban Five took judges’ questions for an hour before the full 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Meanwhile demonstrations of support for Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino,...
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The Cuban Adjustment Act still dangerous after 40 years
February 23, 2006 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
In the Florida Keys on Jan. 5, the Coast Guard removed 15 Cubans from an unused bridge unconnected to land, sending them back to Cuba four days later. Right-wing Cuban Americans are up in arms. Once...
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Cuba fends off U.S. attacks on human rights
May 13, 2005 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
WASHINGTON — A crowd at the Cuban Interest Section here applauded warmly March 29 as Ambassador Dagoberto Rodriguez Berrera assailed Bush administration hypocrisy on “human rights” in Cuba. Cuba, he said, will never bow to U.S....
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Peace

Campaign to Free the Five grows worldwide
February 4, 2005 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
CUBA NEWS Five Cuban men, in U.S. jails for six years, have gained support throughout the world because of the justice of their cause — defending Cuba against terrorism. The enormity of their sentences — life...
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Mainers take war protest to Bush familys door
November 30, 2001 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – On Nov. 17, about 350 Maine residents joined in a “day of solidarity with the people of the world.”
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