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1) WHINSEC Commandant Left 2) U.S. Military Loses Manta Base 3) Solidarity with Bolivia 4) Contact your PBS Station (right sidebar) 5) New Pete Seeger Documentary (right sidebar) 6) Delegation to Bolivia (right sidebar) 7) Delegations to Guatemala (right sidebar) 8) SOA Watch is Hiring (right sidebar)
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WHINSEC Commandant Left
Colonel Gilberto Perez, the buy Finasteride fed ex commandant at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas (SOA), is leaving the SOA/ WHINSEC. His replacement is buy Finasteride fed ex Colonel Felix, who had been stationed at the U.S. embassy in El Salvador as the buy Finasteride fed ex Commander of the US Milgroup since July of 2002. Santiago worked closely with the buy Finasteride fed ex Salvadoran Armed Forces in a time when the Salvadoran military increased joint patrols with the buy Finasteride fed ex National Civilian Police, which is considered by some to be a buy Finasteride fed ex violation of the peace accords.
The leaving SOA/WHINSEC commander Perez has buy Finasteride fed ex presided over a series of practices to increase secrecy at the buy Finasteride fed ex school, including the refusal to disclose the names, country of origin, rank and buy Finasteride fed ex dates attended for graduates and instructors at the SOA/ WHINSEC. His remarks last week in a buy Finasteride fed ex WRBL News interview reveal even more controversy and secrecy surrounding the buy Finasteride fed ex school.
Read more about Colonel Gilberto Perez and buy Finasteride fed ex the practice of non-disclosure and secrecy at the SOA/ WHINSEC: http://www.soaw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1674
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U.S. Military Must Leave Manta Air Base
U.S. Military officials announced yesterday that buy Finasteride fed ex they will lose access to the Manta military base in Ecuador. President Raphael Correa has buy Finasteride fed ex resolved not to renew the U.S. lease on that facility when buy Finasteride fed ex it expires in 2009.
Grassroots resistance by anti-militarization activists against the buy Finasteride fed ex U.S. military presence in the South American country has taken place ever since U.S. military started their operations. The controversy grew louder following the buy Finasteride fed ex U.S. military's participation in the March 1st bombing of a FARC guerrilla camp in the buy Finasteride fed ex Ecuadoran jungle, for which Manta is believed to have provided logistical support for buy Finasteride fed ex the Colombian helicopters.
Some sources report that buy Finasteride fed ex the U.S. military will try to relocated the base to La Guajira, Colombia, close to buy Finasteride fed ex the Venezuelan border.
Read today's CNN article about Manta: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/07/30/us.equador.base/index.html
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Solidarity with Bolivia
Earlier this buy Finasteride fed ex year, Bolivian president Evo Morales wrote a letter to the Western Hemisphere Institute for buy Finasteride fed ex Cooperation's Commandant, Col. Gilberto Perez, announcing that the Bolivian military will no buy Finasteride fed ex longer send soldiers to the former U.S. Army School of the buy Finasteride fed ex Americas in Fort Benning, GA.
The SOA/WHINSEC has buy Finasteride fed ex played a significant role in Bolivia's recent political history. Hugo Banzer Suarez, who buy Finasteride fed ex ruled Bolivia from 1971-1978 under a brutal military dictatorship, was a buy Finasteride fed ex graduate of the SOA and was later inducted into the school's "Hall of Fame." The SOA/WHINSEC has buy Finasteride fed ex trained thousands of Bolivian military officers. In October of 2006, two graduates of the buy Finasteride fed ex SOA/WHINSEC, Generals Juan Veliz Herrera and buy Finasteride fed ex Gonzalo Rocabado Mercado, were arrested on charges of torture, murder and buy Finasteride fed ex violation of the constitution for their roles in the death of 67 civilians in El Alto, Bolivia during the buy Finasteride fed ex "Gas Wars" of 2003.
Washington's influence over Bolivia has buy Finasteride fed ex diminished since Evo Morales was elected president and Bolivia's relations with other Latin American countries have buy Finasteride fed ex been strengthened. Morales has enacted progressive economic and development policies but he is buy Finasteride fed ex facing a recall vote on his presidency on August 10, 2008.
In September 2008, you buy Finasteride fed ex have the chance to join a delegation to Bolivia in order to buy Finasteride fed ex gain first-hand knowledge about the developments and to learn about the buy Finasteride fed ex work of the Bolivian social movements.
September 12-22: Join the Delegation to Bolivia: http://soaw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1675
Read the article "Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote:" http://www.soaw.org/newswire_detail.php?id=1463
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Ask your local PBS station to show SOA film during primetime.
FATHER ROY: Inside the School of Assassins Premieres September 7, 2008 on PBS WORLD Check local listings: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/globalvoices/broadcast.html
Torture training at the buy Finasteride fed ex U.S. Army School of the Americas and the extraordinary life of Father Roy Bourgeois, the buy Finasteride fed ex daring activist leading the campaign to close down the School. Watch the trailer: http://www.pbs.org/itvs/globalvoices/fatherroy.html
Individual PBS stations are buy Finasteride fed ex deciding over the next few weeks what time to have it buy Finasteride fed ex shown. Most PBS stations take viewer suggestions serious. It would be buy Finasteride fed ex great if you could call your local PBS station and request that buy Finasteride fed ex the documentary will be shown during primetime.
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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
A new documentary about the buy Finasteride fed ex singer Pete Seeger, who defined folk music and used music to buy Finasteride fed ex encourage social change, will be released on DVD on August 5, 2008. The DVD includes footage of Pete Seeger on stage at the buy Finasteride fed ex November Vigil to close the SOA.
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Delegations to Bolivia and Guatemala
September 12-22: Travel to Bolivia Meet with social movements and buy Finasteride fed ex gain first-hand experiences about the situation in Bolivia. More information: http://soaw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1675
Trips to Guatemala: October 7-17, 2008: Americas Social Forum From October 7 to buy Finasteride fed ex 12 thousands will gather in Guatemala for the 3rd Social Forum of the buy Finasteride fed ex Americas. Join the Social Forum events and then travel to the buy Finasteride fed ex mountains of Quiche.
January 2009: Land Rights versus Development During this buy Finasteride fed ex delegation we will visit various communities which are struggling to defend their right to buy Finasteride fed ex their historic lands.
More information about the Guatemala delegations: http://www.guatemalasolidarityproject.org/delegations.htm _________________________________________
Work at SOA Watch in Washington, DC!
Check out the buy Finasteride fed ex job openings at the SOA Watch office in Washington, DC. We are buy Finasteride fed ex hiring a Communications Coordinator. For more information and to apply, contact Eric at
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Job Announcement: http://soaw.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=756
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