Institution
School of the Americas
The School of the Americas is a United States Army training institution for Latin American military and police officers, founded in the Panama Canal Zone in 1946. Moved to Fort Benning in Georgia in 1984 under the canal treaties, it was renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in 2001. Critics have long condemned it because some graduates, including Manuel Noriega, were later involved in coups and human rights abuses.
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- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). School of the Americas. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/school-of-the-americas
- MLA
- “School of the Americas.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/school-of-the-americas. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “School of the Americas.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/school-of-the-americas.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘School of the Americas’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/school-of-the-americas (Accessed: ).
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