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Fighting The Long Fight Against The School Of The Americas

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Bad feelings about the U.S. Army's "School of the Americas" die hard. 

The training center at Fort Benning in Georgia trained some of the worst Latin American dictators and their operatives after its creation in the 1960s. 

School of the Americas Watch has campaigned for its closing for years. 

The army officially changed the name 15 years ago, but the function remains.  As does the protest.  Fr. Roy Bourgeois, SOAW founder, visits the Rogue Valley and our studio.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.