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Seeks to close the US government's School of the Americas ('School of Assassins' - renamed to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, or WHISC) in Fort Benning, Georgia, which trains Latin American soldiers in combat, counter-insurgency, and counter-narcotics. Graduates of the School of Assassins have been responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America.
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