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Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (view source)
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The '''Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation''' is a [[United States Defense Department]] training facility at [[Fort Benning]] in [[Columbus, Georgia]]. It is the successor of the [[School of the Americas]] (SOA), and is used to train [[Latin America]]n [[military]] and [[law enforcement]] personnel.
The '''Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation''' is a United States Defense Department training facility at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. It is the successor of the School of the Americas (SOA), and is used to train Latin American military and law-enforcement personnel.
The School has been accused of teaching [[torture]] techniques. And, according to various [[United Nations|UN]] commisions, its graduates include some of the worst [[human rights]] violators in the [[western hemisphere]], [[Hugo Banzer]] for example, who were trained at [[United States|US]] taxpayer's expense. In response to this, a human rights program is taught at the school, but its [[history]] has earned it the derogatory nick-name of "School of Dictators".
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==Links==
==Links==
[http://www.ciponline.org/facts/soa.htm Center for International Policy]
[http://www.ciponline.org/facts/soa.htm Center for International Policy]
[[category:United States Department of Defense]]
[[category:United States Department of Defense]]