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Roy Bourgeois, Maryknoll priest\u003cbr/\u003eCommanders at the school say training exercises like these prove that the school is needed more than ever in Latin America.\u003cbr/\u003eHere Colombian police cadets are being dropped into a training zone for a night training mission to apprehend drug kingpins holed up in a remote village some miles away.  \u003cbr/\u003eTonight they will cross difficult terrain through miles of the Georgia woods to make their arrest. \u003cbr/\u003eThe students are eager to point out that it's U-S-sponsored training like this that makes the difference in their wars against drugs.    \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE:  Spanish\u003cbr/\u003e\"It will help in the war against narco-trafficking. Absolutely, of course. All the knowledge gained here is good for our country.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Almairada Vega, Colombian Police Cadet\u003cbr/\u003eThe school's commander says the current state of politics in Latin America is proof that the school is doing its job, and has changed with the times.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says the school is in complete support of the democratic movements in Latin America.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: English\u003cbr/\u003eIn Central and South America I think we have like 19 democracies today and 10 years ago we had five, so it's been an explosion of democracies. We have played a role in that, we think we have played an important role in maintaining that engagement with the military which is the primary institution in Latin America.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Col. Roy Trumble, Commander, School of the Americas\u003cbr/\u003eThe classes are taught by U-S Army experts like Captain Bohnstedt.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE:  Spanish\u003cbr/\u003e\"There is no reason to attack a town that has no strategic, tactical, or operational significance - or for no reason, revenge, or any other reason, right?\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Capt. Bohnstedt, U.S. Army Instructor, School of the Americas\u003cbr/\u003eSchool defenders say it has changed with the times with emphasis given to counter-narcotics training, civil operations, medical skills and above all a respect for human rights.\u003cbr/\u003eIt is also quick to distance itself from the conduct of its most notorious graduates saying that many of them attended the school for minor technical courses and says that they are not responsible for the conduct of its students once they leave. \u003cbr/\u003eBut most of all it argues that nearly 60-thousand military personnel have graduated since 1947 and that only a very small percentage of that group has been associated with human rights abuses.\u003cbr/\u003eIt points out that the average student receives up to 30 minutes each day in human rights training, and that the school may provide the only opportunity for those who share common, sometimes hostile,  borders to know one another.   \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: Spanish\u003cbr/\u003eThe army and the government are doing the right thing. The course is important because it is going strengthen to the relationship between the people, the government and the army. At any moment the situation could deteriorate.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Martin Gerardo Franco Flores, Major, Mexican Army  \u003cbr/\u003eWhile some critics acknowledge the improvements that the school has made, they still remain adamant that its history and reputation as a training school for torturers means it must be shut down. \u003cbr/\u003eRepresentative Joseph Kennedy is one person who wants the school shut down. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Massachusetts Democrat has sponsored legislation in the House of Representatives to cut its funding.\u003cbr/\u003eIt tends to create a magnet towards some of the worst abusers which is why you find Noriega, which is why you find Galtieri and 19 of the 23 individuals that are associated with killing the priests and the nuns in El Salvador.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Rep. Joseph Kennedy, Democrat-Massachusetts\u003cbr/\u003eAmong those campaigning on Capitol Hill Sunday was Jennifer Harbury.\u003cbr/\u003eShe believes her husband - Guatemalan rebel leader Efrain Bamaca Velasquez - was murdered by the Guatemalan army.\u003cbr/\u003eThank you to Roy Bourgeois for this incredible campaign that he's been launching all of these years to shut down at institution that is creating and producing this kind of evil. We've got to shut this place down.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jennifer Harbury\u003cbr/\u003eThe campaigners are hoping the memory of Oscar Romero, who became a martyr symbol for much of El Salvador, will live on to force the School of the Americas to close its doors.\u003cbr/\u003e Washington DC 24.3.96 Fort Denning, Columbus, Georgia, July 1995\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wideshot Capitol Hill pan down to rally\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close up rally poster\u003cbr/\u003e3. Boy holding poster\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Fr. Roy Bourgeois, Maryknoll priest \u003cbr/\u003e5. Various shots military training exercise at school\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: Almairada Vega, Columbian police cadet\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various military training exercises\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: Col. Roy Trumble, Commander, School of the Americas\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: Instructor, School of the Americas\u003cbr/\u003e10. Cutaway student\u003cbr/\u003e11. Teacher in classroom\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Martin Gerardo Franco Flores, Major, Mexican Army  \u003cbr/\u003e13. Students walking down hall\u003cbr/\u003e14. Set-up Kennedy\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: Joseph Kennedy, Democrat-Massachusetts]\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various military training exercise\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close-up school sign\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: Jennifer Harbury\u003cbr/\u003e18. 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