CITIZEN ALERT v1.18
SOAW
This in today from The School of the Americas Watch
The decisions made by the Uruguayan and Argentinean governments earlier this year, and by the Venezuelan government in 2004, to cut all ties with the SOA and to publicly denounce the school’s legacy of terror and violence are expressions of grassroots power within those countries.
Through relentless organizing work, popular movements have gained the strength to determine the directions of their countries. Other Latin American nations may soon follow suit and also reject SOA training as SOA Watch continues its strategy of building closer relationships with Latin American social movements and engaging with government leaders throughout the Western Hemisphere. From August 13 to September 3, 2006, Salvadoran torture survivor Carlos Mauricio, human rights activist Lisa Sullivan-Rodriguez, photographer and SOA Watch NE member Linda Panetta, and SOA Watch founder Fr. Roy Bourgeois will travel to Ecuador, Chile and Peru, where they will meet with human rights groups and government officials, building on the experience of their March delegation to Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay.
While civil society in Latin America never doubted it, there are now also a number of Latin American presidents like Chile's Michelle Bachelet and Evo Morales from Bolivia, for whom the SOA stands synonymous with torture and the repressive military regimes that killed their loved ones.
We will be keeping you up to date on the progress of the trip through our website so check in regularly!
www.soaw.org
The decisions made by the Uruguayan and Argentinean governments earlier this year, and by the Venezuelan government in 2004, to cut all ties with the SOA and to publicly denounce the school’s legacy of terror and violence are expressions of grassroots power within those countries.
Through relentless organizing work, popular movements have gained the strength to determine the directions of their countries. Other Latin American nations may soon follow suit and also reject SOA training as SOA Watch continues its strategy of building closer relationships with Latin American social movements and engaging with government leaders throughout the Western Hemisphere. From August 13 to September 3, 2006, Salvadoran torture survivor Carlos Mauricio, human rights activist Lisa Sullivan-Rodriguez, photographer and SOA Watch NE member Linda Panetta, and SOA Watch founder Fr. Roy Bourgeois will travel to Ecuador, Chile and Peru, where they will meet with human rights groups and government officials, building on the experience of their March delegation to Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay.
While civil society in Latin America never doubted it, there are now also a number of Latin American presidents like Chile's Michelle Bachelet and Evo Morales from Bolivia, for whom the SOA stands synonymous with torture and the repressive military regimes that killed their loved ones.
We will be keeping you up to date on the progress of the trip through our website so check in regularly!
www.soaw.org
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