Rochesterians were Among Thousands Demanding an End to the School of the Americas
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More than 12,000 people gathered at Ft. Benning, GA to demand the closure the of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas.
Several Rochesterians were among the thousands who protested the taxpayer funded US Army school that trains Latin American soldiers in combat techniques and psychological warfare.
Since 1946, more than 60,000 graduates have been trained to protect the interests of multinational corporations using manuals that advocate extortion, blackmail, torture, and the targeting of civilian populations. SOA grads are responsible for murders, rapes, disappearances, and massacres that have affected hundreds of thousands of people throughout Latin America.
video: War on democracy - School of Americas
Additional Information: School of the Americas Watch | Textbook Repression: US Training Manuals Declassified | Critique of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation