North America
US: annual SOA protest smaller but ‘energizing’
Young people predominated in this year’s vigil protesting the US Army’s training of Latin American officers.
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The Andes
Justice catches up to Chile, Ecuador war criminals
An ex-general in Chile killed himself rather than face transfer to a general-population prison, as trial opened in Quito for three former officers accused in extrajudicial killings.
Central America
Honduras suspends case against indigenous leader
Representatives from 40 organizations were present when a court decided—at least for now–not to pursue a dubious weapons possession charge against Berta Cáceres.
North America
Sentenced SOA protester: ‘Where is the justice?’
A federal magistrate judge in Columbus, Georgia, sentenced "Nashua" Chantal to the maximum for trespassing at the US Army's Fort Benning base to protest the notorious SOA.
Southern Cone
Chile: ex-officers to stand trial for Jara murder
Eight former military officers face trial for their alleged participation in the murder of renowned musician Víctor Jara in 1973; four of them are School of the Americas graduates.
The Andes
Colombia: injured GM workers resume hunger strike
A Michigan autoworker has joined nine former employees of General Motors’ Colombian subsidiary who resumed a hunger strike they started last summer to protest their firings.
Central America
Nicaragua: Ortega announces withdrawal from SOA
Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega has agree to discontinue the training of his country’s military personnel at the US military’s controversial School of the Americas (SOA).
Central America
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Days after the Catholic Church declared El Salvador's martyred Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero a saint, a judge in the Central American country issued an arrest order for a former military captain long suspected of ordering the killing of the religious leader. Judge Rigoberto Chicas issued the order for national and international authorities to apprehend Alvaro Rafael Saravia, 78. He remains at large and is believed to be in hiding. Saravia had been arrested for the crime in 1987, but the case against him was dropped when El Salvador passed its amnesty law in 1993. The case was re-opened after El Salvador's Supreme Court struck down the amnesty law in 2016. (Photo via Catholic News Agency)