The SOA/WHISC is a combat training school for Latin American soldiers. Its graduates are consistently involved in human rights abuses.
In 1996, the Pentagon was forced to release training manuals used at the school that advocated the use of torture, extortion and execution.
In 1996, the Pentagon was forced to release training manuals used at the school that advocated the use of torture, extortion and execution.
In December 2000 Congress authorized the WHISC to replace the SOA. The renaming of the school was widely viewed as an attempt to diffuse public criticism and to disassociate the school from its reputation.
SOA Watch maintains that the underlying purpose of the school, to control the economic and political systems of Latin America by aiding and influencing Latin American militaries, remains the same.
School of the Americas Watch: http://www.soaw.org
SOA Watch maintains that the underlying purpose of the school, to control the economic and political systems of Latin America by aiding and influencing Latin American militaries, remains the same.
School of the Americas Watch: http://www.soaw.org
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Please see “Archbishop Assassination” and “School of the Americas Watch” in our War of the Shadows section.
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More photos available at: http:// www.soawne.org/Photos1Trial37.html
Please see “Archbishop Assassination” and “School of the Americas Watch” in our War of the Shadows section.
Please also continue.