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

Colombian court turns down political prisoner Liliany Obando’s appeal
April 15, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.
Obando is a sociologist and documentary filmmaker. A week before her arrest, she issued a report documenting the murders of 1500 FENSUAGRO union members. FENSUAGRO is Colombia's largest agricultural workers' union.
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World

Venezuela crisis is different this time, mostly
April 9, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's socialist-inclined government have been in the streets and causing disturbances since earlier February.
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World

Colombia: Jorge Gaitan and the struggle for peace
April 7, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.
Peace negotiators of FARC, who've been meeting in Cuba with Colombian government representatives, called for investigating origins of conflict in Colombia.
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World

Unions, small farmers mobilize in Paraguay under U.S. eye
April 2, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.
Paraguayan labor federations and small farmer organizations launched a general strike on March 26. Some 90 percent of workers in Asuncion honored the strike.
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World

Cuban doctors attend to Brazil’s underserved
March 28, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.
The 400 Cuban doctors are part of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's "More Doctors" program joined, by several hundred physicians from Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, and Portugal and 1096 from Brazil itself.
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U.S.

Racial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer
March 27, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.
Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.
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World

Congressional backing of Venezuela protests raises tough questions
March 12, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.
With violent anti-government protests continuing since early February, the idea of Venezuelans "protesting peacefully" reflects media bias.
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World

Big questions emerge over congressional backing for Venezuelan protests
March 10, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.
The idea of Venezuelans "protesting peacefully" reflects media bias. As protests mounted , police didn't intervene until gov. officers were attacked or burned.
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