The School of the Americas and its role today.
Synthesis/Regeneration › Nbr. 2005, January 2005
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The School of the Americas and its role today.
The School of the Americas (SOA) is a military training school for Latin American security personnel located at Fort Benning, Georgia. The school has trained over 60,000 soldiers, police and civilian forces since its founding in the 1940s. Some of the worst human rights abusers in Latin America, and no fewer than 11 dictators, including Manuel Noriega of Panama and Hugo Banzer Suarez of Bolivia, have passed through the halls of the school.
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