SOA

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SOA is the abbreviation commonly used for the School of the Americas, a controversial U.S. military training institution for Latin American soldiers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army school
military training institution
abbreviation SOA NERFINISHED
closed 2000
controversyType foreign policy controversy
human rights controversy
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedBy Latin American civil society organizations
human rights organizations
members of the United States Congress
religious groups
established 1946
focus combat training
counterinsurgency training
intelligence training
military training
fundingSource United States government NERFINISHED
governedBy United States Department of Defense NERFINISHED
languageOfInstruction Spanish
location Fort Benning, Georgia NERFINISHED
notableAllegedGraduates officers involved in the El Mozote massacre GENERATED
officers involved in the Jesuit massacre in El Salvador GENERATED
officers involved in the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero GENERATED
notableControversy allegations of human rights abuses by graduates
association with military dictatorships in Latin America
training of officers implicated in torture and extrajudicial killings
operatedBy United States Army
oversight United States Congress NERFINISHED
partOf United States Army Training and Doctrine Command NERFINISHED
previousLocation Panama Canal Zone NERFINISHED
primaryStudents Latin American military personnel
region Western Hemisphere NERFINISHED
regionServed Latin America
renamedAs Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation NERFINISHED
renamingYear 2001
subjectOf SOA Watch movement NERFINISHED
documentary films
human rights reports
protests at Fort Benning
successor Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation NERFINISHED
trainingLevel non-commissioned officer training
officer-level training
trainingTopics commando operations
counter-narcotics operations
interrogation techniques
military intelligence
psychological operations
typeOfEducation professional military education

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