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|interests=assassination, torture, bombings, national security | |interests=assassination, torture, bombings, national security | ||
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|motto=Libertad, Paz y Fraternidad | |motto=Libertad, Paz y Fraternidad | ||
|motto_translation=Freedom, Peace, Fraternity | |motto_translation=Freedom, Peace, Fraternity | ||
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The '''School of the Americas''' was later rebranded '''Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation''' ('''WHINSEC'''). | The '''School of the Americas''' was later rebranded '''Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation''' ('''WHINSEC'''). |
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Abbreviation | WHINSEC |
Motto | Libertad, Paz y Fraternidad (Freedom, Peace, Fraternity) |
Formation | 1946 |
Interests | assassination, torture, bombings, “national security” |
Interest of | Political Warfare Cadres Academy |
For decades, almost every coup officer in Latin America have spent time here. |
The School of the Americas was later rebranded Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC).
Activities
A US-funded school teaching "terrorism".[1]
Opposition
The school has attracted a lot of opposition, including since 1990 from the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit human rights organization School of the Americas Watch.
Alumni on Wikispooks
Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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Hugo Banzer | 10 May 1926 | 5 May 2002 | Bolivia | Soldier Politician | Two time President of Bolivia |
Manuel Contreras | 4 May 1929 | 7 August 2015 | Chile | Spook | Chilean spymaster. |
Efraín Ríos Montt | 16 June 1926 | 1 April 2018 | Lawyer | The only head of a nation state to have been found guilty of genocide in his own country. | |
Manuel Noriega | 11 February 1934 | 29 May 2017 | Soldier Politician Puppet leader | A puppet leader being used in CIA Drug trafficking. | |
Augusto Pinochet | 25 November 1915 | 10 December 2006 | Chile | Soldier Politician Drug trafficker Deep state actor |
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