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'''(6) AMERICAS'''
 
'''(6) AMERICAS'''
  
Close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, at Fort Benning, Georgia.  Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced to become refugees by the School of the Americas graduates.
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Close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, based at Fort Benning, Georgia.  Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced to become refugees by the School of the Americas graduates.

Revision as of 22:03, 12 April 2010

SECTION TITLE: AMERICAS

OUR POSITION: Greens support strengthening human rights in Central America, and the reduction of violence and crime there.

GREEN SOLUTIONS

(1) COLOMBIA

Oppose the growing U.S. military presence in Columbia.

(2) CUBA

End the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba.

(3) HAITI

Help rebuild Haiti, but without strengthening neo-colonialism.

Cancel all Haiti debt to international financial institutions.

(4) MEXICO

Stop arms trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico.

End the war on drugs in Mexico and elsewhere.

(5) PERU

Support the efforts of indigenous peoples in Peru and elsewhere to expel oil companies from their traditional lands. We call for an end to all police actions against indigenous people in Peru.

(6) AMERICAS

Close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly known as the School of the Americas, based at Fort Benning, Georgia. Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced to become refugees by the School of the Americas graduates.