No School for Scandal

Fort Benning, Ga.

THE Cold War may be over, but antagonisms die hard—including in Congress. In July, Left-Right divisions over military aid to Latin America were resurrected in floor debate over the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas (SOA), an institution that has trained 60,000 Latin American soldiers since its founding in 1946. For years, critics have tried to close what they call the “School of Assassins,” citing the list of 500-odd graduates who went on to commit human-rights violations on their home soil. Now, these critics may at last be getting their way.

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Fort Benning, Ga.

THE Cold War may be over, but antagonisms die hard—including in Congress. In July, Left-Right divisions over military aid to Latin America were resurrected in floor debate over the U.S. Army’s School of the Americas (SOA), an institution that has trained 60,000 Latin American soldiers since its founding in 1946. For years, critics have tried to close what they call the “School of Assassins,” citing the list of 500-odd graduates who went on to commit human-rights violations on their home soil. Now, these critics may at last be getting their way.