[mgj-discuss] Bolivia to gradually withdraw troops from SOA

[Sara grusky]

>
> Looks like another victory!
>
> Bolivia: Bye, Bye, SOA
> La Paz, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia, joining Venezuela, Uruguay  
> and Argentina, will gradually pull out its military personnel from  
> the old School of the Americas, an infamous US training facility,  
> it was announced here.
> Minister of the Presidency Ramon Quintana made the announcement  
> while replying to a question by Prensa Latina on the recent visit  
> of a US religious delegation who requested Bolivia to withdraw from  
> what has been described as "a school of dictators", where people  
> are trained in repression and killing.
> The center was established by the US Armed Forces in the Panama  
> Canal Zone in 1946 with the name of "School of the Americas", and  
> in 2001 it was rechristened as "Western Hemisphere Institute for  
> Security Cooperation."
> According to Quintana, the presence of Bolivian soldiers will be  
> gradually reduced "in the shortest time possible" until total  
> withdrawal.
> He indicated that later in the year Bolivia will also step up  
> cooperation mechanisms to allow for the training of its soldiers in  
> South American countries, under a new doctrine of "regional  
> security" to be agreed upon by Evo Morales and ministers of Defense  
> of the area.
>
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