Latin American Training Center – Ground Division

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The Latin American Training Center – Ground Division was a U.S.-run military training institution in the Panama Canal Zone that instructed Latin American army personnel in counterinsurgency and internal security operations during the Cold War.

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instanceOf U.S.-run military school
military training institution
controlledBy United States Southern Command NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
geopoliticalContext U.S. anti-communist policy in the Western Hemisphere
historicalPeriod Cold War
languageOfInstruction Spanish
locatedIn Panama NERFINISHED
Panama Canal Zone NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Army
operatedBy United States Army
partOf U.S. security assistance programs in Latin America
primaryStudents Latin American army personnel
purpose to support U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in Latin America
to train Latin American military officers and soldiers
regionServed Latin America
status defunct
subjectMatter civil-military relations
counter-guerrilla tactics
intelligence and surveillance
internal defense
trainingFocus counterinsurgency operations
internal security operations
typeOfTraining classroom instruction
field exercises

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School of the Americas predecessor Latin American Training Center – Ground Division