Protests in 19th Year Demand Closure of U.S. Military School for Latin American Soldiers

Interview with Eric LeCompte, chief organizer with the School of the Americas Watch, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

Twenty years ago, on Nov. 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, their co-worker and her teenage daughter were assassinated in El Salvador because they were outspoken proponents of a peaceful and just resolution of Salvador's civil war that took 75,000 lives in more than a decade of fighting. A U.S. Congressional Task Force and human rights groups reported that the soldiers responsible in this and many other atrocities across the hemisphere, were trained at the U.S. Army School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Ga.

Obama Breaks with Latin America on Overturning Honduran Coup

Interview with Dana Frank, professor of history at the University of California, conducted by Scott Harris

After a U.S. State Department-brokered agreement unraveled, Honduran President Manual Zelaya -- overthrown in a June 28 coup -- has rejected the legitimacy of the scheduled Nov. 29 presidential election and urged his supporters to boycott the vote. The Oct. 30 deal would have had the Honduran Congress vote on reinstating Zelaya to office, paving the way for the resignation of the coup-installed President Roberto Micheletti and the formation of a unity government which would then oversee the Nov. 29 ballot.

Youth Join Forces to Educate About Global Poverty

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