My notes: The name of the US Army’s School Of Americas was changed in 2000, by Congress, because it was under scrutiny by human rights groups such as SOA Watch. They hadn’t changed anything else, such as their training manuals or actual training. In 2013, it was determined that the school was more transparent and now has a rigorous human rights training program.
It’s interesting that Venezuela’s Minister Of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, attended this school between February and May 1995, for a “Psychological Operations” and “Advanced Officer training” course. During the 2002 coup d’état attempt, he was a colonel in the Simon Bolivar Infantry Battalion, and remained loyal to Hugo Chávez.
Published 12-07-2015
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