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*[[Francois Duvalier]] and [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]], [[Republic of Haiti]], 1957-1971; 1971-1986 | *[[Francois Duvalier]] and [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]], [[Republic of Haiti]], 1957-1971; 1971-1986 | ||
*[[Khmer Rouge]], 1979-early 1990s (the U.S. government created conditions in Cambodia conducive to Pol Pot's rise to power; the U.S. government ''directly'' funded [[Pol Pot]] and the [[Khmer Rouge]] after they were thrown from power by the [[Vietnam]]ese counterattack).<ref>[http://chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/pol/polpotmontclarion0498.html Montclair]</ref> | *[[Khmer Rouge]], 1979-early 1990s (the U.S. government created conditions in Cambodia conducive to Pol Pot's rise to power; the U.S. government ''directly'' funded [[Pol Pot]] and the [[Khmer Rouge]] after they were thrown from power by the [[Vietnam]]ese counterattack).<ref>[http://chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/pol/polpotmontclarion0498.html Montclair]</ref> | ||
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| + | == School of the Americas == | ||
| + | {{main|School of the Americas}} | ||
| + | (renamed [[Wikipedia:Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation]] in 2001 by the [[Wikipedia:National Defense Authorization Act]])<br> | ||
| + | Between 1946 and 2001, the School of the Americas trained more than 61,000 [[Latin America]]n soldiers and policemen. Some of them became notorious for [[human rights]] violations, including dictators [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], [[EfraÃn RÃos Montt]], [[Manuel Noriega]], [[Bolivia]]'s [[Hugo Banzer]], some of [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s officers,<ref name ="SOA WATCH">{{cite web | work = School of the Americas Watch | title = Notorious Graduates | url = http://www.soaw.org/article.php?id=230&cat=63 | accessdate = November 16, 2005}}</ref><ref name="George Davies">Davies, George [http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=820 ‘I’ll take the CIA torture suite’], ''The First Post'', dated August 16, 2006, accessed August 14, 2006.</ref> members of the [[Atlacatl Battalion]] of [[El Salvador]] who carried out the [[El Mozote massacre]] of 1981, and the founders of [[Los Zetas]], a drug cartel formerly affiliated with the [[Gulf Cartel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/international/americas/30mexico.html|title=Mexico Fears Its Drug Traffickers Get Help From Guatemalans|last=Thompson|first=Ginger|date=September 30, 2005|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2008-04-27}}</ref><ref>Laurie Freeman, State of Siege: Drug-Related Violence and Corruption in Mexico, Washington Office on Latin America, June 2006.</ref> Critics of the school argue that the education encouraged such [[Humanitarian law|internationally recognized human rights]] violating practices and that the WHINSEC is merely a new name for exactly the same practices. This is denied by the SOA/WHINSEC and its supporters, who claim they now emphasize [[democracy]] and [[human rights]].<ref name="Georgia">[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0713-03.htm Bay Area Protesters Sentenced in Georgia] CommonDreams.org.</ref><ref name="WHINSEC">{{cite web | publisher= Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation | title = FAQ | url = https://www.benning.army.mil/WHINSEC/about.asp?id=37 }}</ref> Neither of these arguments exclude the creation of a New School of the Americas under a different name, with the original goal. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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Throughout its existence, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries, the United States government has provided funding for, and supplied weapons to, a large number of dictatorships around the world. In some cases, this support has been intended to protect and expand U.S. economic interests, and bring U.S. mixed economic policies (which lean closest to free-market capitalism) to countries under control of state capitalist or socialist economic systems.
Dictators and regimes
- Jorge Ubico
- Syngman Rhee, Republic of Korea (South Korea), 1948-1960
- Saudi royal family
- Fulgencio Batista, Republic of Cuba 1952-1959
- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (deposed Mohammad Mossadeq), Iran, 1953-1979
- Ngo Dinh Diem, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), 1955-1963
- Ferdinand Marcos, Phillipines, 1965-1986[1][2]
- Lon Nol (deposed Norodom Sihanouk, Khmer Republic, 1970-April 17, 1975 (overthrew by communist revolutionaries, the Khmer Rouge)
- General Augusto Pinochet (deposed Salvador Allende in a coup), Chile, 1973-1990
- General (military) Suharto (deposed Sukarno), Republic of Indonesia, 1975-1995
- Saddam Hussein, Republic of Iraq, 1979-1990
- General Manuel Noreiga, Republic of Panama, 1983-1989
- Francois Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier, Republic of Haiti, 1957-1971; 1971-1986
- Khmer Rouge, 1979-early 1990s (the U.S. government created conditions in Cambodia conducive to Pol Pot's rise to power; the U.S. government directly funded Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge after they were thrown from power by the Vietnamese counterattack).[3]
School of the Americas
(renamed Wikipedia:Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in 2001 by the Wikipedia:National Defense Authorization Act)
Between 1946 and 2001, the School of the Americas trained more than 61,000 Latin American soldiers and policemen. Some of them became notorious for human rights violations, including dictators Leopoldo Galtieri, EfraÃn RÃos Montt, Manuel Noriega, Bolivia's Hugo Banzer, some of Augusto Pinochet's officers,[4][5] members of the Atlacatl Battalion of El Salvador who carried out the El Mozote massacre of 1981, and the founders of Los Zetas, a drug cartel formerly affiliated with the Gulf Cartel.[6][7] Critics of the school argue that the education encouraged such internationally recognized human rights violating practices and that the WHINSEC is merely a new name for exactly the same practices. This is denied by the SOA/WHINSEC and its supporters, who claim they now emphasize democracy and human rights.[8][9] Neither of these arguments exclude the creation of a New School of the Americas under a different name, with the original goal.
See Also
- Cold War covert overthrow of governments by the US
- Post-Cold War covert regime change by the US
- CIA: SAD and SOG operations from WWII through Viet Nam
- CIA: SAD and SOG operations from 1975-2002
- CIA: SAD and SOG operations in Afghanistan
- CIA: SAD and SOG operations in Iraq since 2003
- CIA: SAD and SOG operations in Pakistan
- CIA: SAD and SOG operations worldwide since 2001
Further reading
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- William Blum (2003). Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II, Common Courage Press. Wikipedia:Killing Hope
- William D. Perdue (August 7, 1989). Terrorism and the State: A Critique of Domination Through Fear, p. 240, Praeger Press.
- David F. Schmitz (1999). Thank God they're on our side: the United States and right-wing dictatorships, 1921-1965, University of North Carolina Press.
- Jeffrey A. Sluka (1999). Death Squad: The Anthropology of State Terror, University of Pennsylvania Press.
- C. Thomas Wright (February 28, 2007). State Terrorism in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc..
References
- ↑ NSA archive
- ↑ Frontline
- ↑ Montclair
- ↑ Notorious Graduates. School of the Americas Watch. URL accessed on November 16, 2005.
- ↑ Davies, George ‘I’ll take the CIA torture suite’, The First Post, dated August 16, 2006, accessed August 14, 2006.
- ↑ Thompson, Ginger Mexico Fears Its Drug Traffickers Get Help From Guatemalans. New York Times. URL accessed on 2008-04-27.
- ↑ Laurie Freeman, State of Siege: Drug-Related Violence and Corruption in Mexico, Washington Office on Latin America, June 2006.
- ↑ Bay Area Protesters Sentenced in Georgia CommonDreams.org.
- ↑ FAQ. Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
