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Blase Bonpane on the 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by US-Backed Salvadoran Forces
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By Amy Goodman and Blase Bonpane
Democracy Now!
Friday, Nov 20, 2009
Thousands are gathering at Fort Benning in Georgia this weekend for the
annual protest to shut down the US Army training center dubbed by
critics as the “School of the Assassins” for having trained some of the
worst human rights violators in Latin America.
This year’s protest will
mark the twentieth anniversary of the murder of six Jesuit priests in
El Salvador by the US-backed Salvadoran military. It comes days after
the priests were posthumously bestowed El Salvador’s highest civilian
award, marking the first time the Salvadoran government has honored the
priests since their deaths.
To talk about the priests and the overall
state of Latin American affairs, we’re joined by Blase Bonpane,
director of the Office of the Americas. A former Maryknoll priest, he
has worked for more than four decades to promote human rights in Latin
America.
Democracy Now!
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