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Countries Halt Training at School of the Americas

HeadlineMar 29, 2006

Uruguay and Argentina have agreed to stop sending soldiers to train at the School of the Americas. Frequently dubbed the “School of the Assassins”, critics say the school — now renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation — is responsible for training some of the worst human rights abusers in Latin America.

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