Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 12, 2007

Morales withdrawing Bolivian military from School of Americas training

WASHINGTON, DC - October 10 – President Evo Morales announced Tuesday that Bolivia will gradually withdraw its military from training programs at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School for the Americas (SOA). Bolivia is the fifth country after Costa Rica, Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela to announce a withdrawal from the Fort Benning school, citing its history of collaborating with repressive regimes and human rights abuses.
http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1010-04.htm

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