The School of the Americas has in fact been a very controversial topic for the past couple of years. I believe that the US should not be able to this organization which trains people to follow the practice of coup d'etat. This organization has had graduates that have done horrible things to innocent civilians. As i read through the website of the SOA watch, an independent organization that seeks to close the SOA, i stumbled upon many cases of terrible acts done by graduates of this school. My heart sunk deeper when i saw that one of the countries in which they have done a lot of damage is my native country, Colombia. These people have been responsible for the lives of so many Colombians that were innocent and probably lived a happy life. It is inhumane to teach people to abuse the human rights of other countries, specially Latin American countries where most of the graduates are actually from. So i ask myself, should this be allowed? definitely not! The SOA should be closed so that human rights can be practiced and the lives of many innocent people aren't at stake anymore.
Sources :
http://www.soaw.org/
