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Father Roy Bourgeois, Maryknoll priest and founder of School of the Americas Watch, will be speaking at the St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel at 7:30pm, Wednesday, February 14th. The School of the Americas (SOA), now officially known as the Western Hemishpere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), is a US Army school located at Fort Benning, Georgia, which trains Latin American military officers in counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency operations. Many graduates of the SOA have been accused/convicted of committing human rights abuses against their fellow citizens in countries such as Guatemala and Colombia. More information on the SOA Watch that Father Roy founded is available at http://www.soaw.org

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When:		February 14, 2007 7:30pm-8:30pm
Where:		Lecture Hall, St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale 268 Park Street, New Haven, CT
Type:		Talk
Father Roy Bourgeois, Maryknoll priest and founder of School of the Americas Watch, will be speaking at the St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel at 7:30pm, Wednesday, February 14th. The School of the Americas (SOA), now officially known as the Western Hemishpere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), is a US Army school located at Fort Benning, Georgia, which trains Latin American military officers in counter-narcotics and counter-insurgency operations. Many graduates of the SOA have been accused/convicted of committing human rights abuses against their fellow citizens in countries such as Guatemala and Colombia. More information on the SOA Watch that Father Roy founded is available at http://www.soaw.org Additional Info/Contact: Telephone 203-777-3849 for further information.

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