W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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Former Guatemalan strongman, on trial, may beat genocide rap
April 6, 2012Soldiers terrorized and murdered at record levels during his tenure.
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Cuba reaffirms ties with China
March 5, 2012Cuban Council of State Vice President Marino Murillo Jorge journeyed to Beijing in late February for a "working visit."
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Intense protests rock Patagonian Chile
February 28, 2012Aysen protest groups coalesced under the slogan "Aysen, your problem is my problem." The government in Santiago received their demands on February 25.
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Natural resources exploitation in Latin America violates human rights
February 24, 2012Argos, fifth largest cement producer in Latin America, used paramilitary groups to force farm families off land thereby expediting land transfers.
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Honduran resistance group forms political party
February 21, 2012Honduras' National Front for Popular Resistance gathered in Tegucigalpa, Feb. 11-12, to launch a political party. The name, Liberation and Re-foundation Party (Libre), is timely: Honduras is mired in catastrophe.
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Fight continues over highway through Bolivian indigenous preserve
February 16, 2012An indigenous-led government at odds with an indigenous opposition exemplifies one contradiction surfacing during the fight.
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Egypt blocks National Endowment for Democracy
February 8, 2012Egypt's military government announced recently that 43 people face prosecution on charges of using foreign money to influence Egyptian politics.
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Guatemala dictator to stand trial
February 6, 2012Guatemalan prosecutors announced Jan. 26 that 85-year-old Efraín Ríos Montt, military dictator in 1982-1983, was going to trial in March.
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