The School of the Americas- The Training of Dictators and Assassins With U.S. Tax Dollars Continues

By John Amaruso


The "The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation", formerly known as the "School of the Americas" is a U.S. Military training institution owned by the Department of Defense in Fort Benning, Georgia.

The institute has produced some of the most notorious dictators known to the western world such as Gen. Manuel Noriega, former strong man of Panama, to Gen. Roberto Viola, former dictator of Argentina. Many of the institutions graduates have violated human rights, primarily in Latin America.

From Honduras to Guatemala, graduates of the university have funded and participated in violent revolts against democratic powers in an attempt to gain power for themselves and various foreign interests, leaving in their wake thousands of innocent civilians murdered, and countries torn a part.

All of these soldiers and mercenaries are being trained by the U.S. military with OUR tax dollars.

An annual protest is being held this Friday by LUCAP (Loyola University Community Action Program). Comprised of mostly Loyola students, the protest is annual and Nov 16, 2012 marks the 13 year anniversary of the assassination of Jesuit priests who dared to stand up and vocalize their discontent with the assassin training camp.

The organization "The School of the Americas Watch" plans on meeting with President Obama to sway him to sign an executive order to close down the institute.

The School of the America's changed their name to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in an attempt to disconnect themselves from their bloody and controversial past.

If you are interested in more information, below are links to some of the organizations who will take part in the demonstrations. Also a list of the most conspicuous of graduates from the institute.

The School of the Americas watch-
http://www.soaw.org/about-us

LUCAP-
http://mm.loyno.edu/volunteer-service/loyola-university-community-action-program
List of those dictators in Latin America trained by the U.S. military at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. (provided by SOAW). Mind you, this is only a short list of the known dictators. There are countless other mercenaries around the world which have not been accounted for.