W. T. Whitney Jr.
LATEST ARTICLES BY W. T. Whitney Jr.
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New Honduran political party weighs in against chaos and crime
November 9, 2011Killings and crime make present day Honduras look like the former U.S. "wild west." Yet the "sheriffs" - read police and armed forces - are in cahoots with the bad guys.
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Bolivia: the trouble over TIPNIS, a 21st century challenge
October 31, 2011The proposal for a 191 mile segment of highway that would pass through Bolivia's TIPNIS natural reserve and indigenous property is drawing strong protests and heated debate.
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Austerity cuts in Greece cause suffering
October 25, 2011"The thing doesn't end with salary cuts. It's the uncertainty of what will happen tomorrow, because each day they tell us something new."
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Amidst global Occupy movement, Chilean students show the way
October 21, 2011Building over five months, students there have moved from immediate demands to an overall critique of Chile's dominant political-economic system.
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Freeport strikers in Indonesia confront titanic forces
October 17, 2011The mineworkers, belonging to the Confederation of All-Indonesian Workers Labor Union launched a weeklong strike in July. The union extended the strike set for a month to mid November.
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Applying money and words to defeat the Cuban revolution
October 7, 2011In its efforts to upend the Cuban Revolution, the U.S. government has, in recent years, relied upon providing financial support for internal opposition groups.
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Impunity continues on Cubana Airliner anniversary
October 5, 2011Thirty-five years ago was a day of horror in the Caribbean, when two bombs exploded on a Cuban airliner, which fell into the sea off Barbados.
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Free Colombian political prisoner David Ravelo!
September 29, 2011September 14 was the end of David Ravelo Crispo's first year in jail and a time of renewed solidarity for this human rights activist imprisoned in Colombia.
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