Bolivia’s president Evo Morales has opened a new “anti-imperialist” military academy to counter US policies and military influence in Latin America. “If the empire teaches domination of the world from its military schools, we will learn from this school to free ourselves from imperial oppression,” the country’s first indigenous president said at an inauguration ceremony on Wednesday . Some Latin American officers trained at the US-based School of the Americas went on to commit atrocities under 20th century military dictatorships. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Juan Jose Torres Anti-Imperialist Commando School in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The Santa Cruz academy was initially inaugurated in 2011 as the “ALBA School” after the now-weakened regional alliance that includes Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Cuba.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2016 21:56 UTC