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Taking a stand at School of the Americas
... School of the Americas (SOA) protest and vigil at ... crossed the line onto SOA property to oppose the U ... testimony at the trial. SOA was renamed “Western Hemsphere ... is still popularly known as SOA. “If I speak ... a theology student and SOA Watch activist from Chicago. ...
Lincoln vets remember and look ahead
... off funding and close the SOA, which has trained and ... to stopping terrorism if the SOA were closed down permanently. ... Bourgeois and the SOA Watch movement later helped build ... demonstrate for the closing of SOA throughout the year. Bourgeois ...
Fort Benning freedom riders take on terror
... -School of the Americas (SOA). This year’s SOA protest – the 13th ... . Fort Benning, host to the SOA, provides 40,000 jobs to ... terrorist training camp. Nor would SOA leaders ever even coyly admit ... been prime victims of the SOA graduates. They, and Catholics of ...
Not just peace but justice! teach-in draws large crowd
... LASC and co-sponsored by SOA Watch, CISPES, the Alliance ... Father Roy Bourgeois, founder of SOA Watch, an organization whose ... human rights offenders. At the SOA (now named the Western ... Chilean human rights activist coordinating SOA Watch’s North-South campaign ...
10,000 march to close School of the Americas
... the School of the Americas (SOA). Recently renamed the Western ... Institute for Security Cooperation, the SOA is responsible for training soldiers ... .” Established in 1946, the SOA took on a Cold War ... a peaceful blockade of the SOA compound. Police in riot ...
U.S. money tied to support for Colombia paramilitaries, criminals, Nation reports
... 's 'School of The Americas' (SOA) at Ft. Benning, Ga., have ... . He also received training at SOA. Various firms currently engaged in ... . One might ask, what is SOA going to do next with ...
Military Coup in Honduras
... ), led by “School of Americas” SOA graduate Romeo Vasquez. In the ...

Fighting to close the torture college
... for Security Cooperation. The SOA has been popularly dubbed “ ... “Latin America initiative” of SOA Watch, which requests the ... reconsider their participation in the SOA. In Ecuador, with elections ... mutual concerns about the SOA, the congresswoman addressed this ...

On a mission for justice: School of the Americas Watch travels to Colombia and Panama
... More importantly, the abuses by SOA graduates in Colombia are taking ... the war zones are SOA grads. The SOA is not only in ... . Lisa Sullivan of the SOA Watch Latin America office traveled ... people. Among those targeted by SOA graduates are educators, union ...
14,000 people rally at the gates of Fort Benning
... -Sponsors to Close the SOA! About the SOA/ WHINSEC: The US ... -insurgency, and counter-narcotics. SOA graduates are responsible for some ... of Bolivia. Lower-level SOA graduates have participated in human ... amendment to close the SOA and conduct a congressional ...
