The but is that Nicaragua still receives lots of aid, military training like fro US IMET, arms and other policy programs such from SOUTHCOM and aid for the so called "drug war" which is a cover for the US imperialism and interference and intel and through other agencies and groupings not listed below article( all numbers from below are not complete and may not have been reported as of yet). President Ortega was again elected in 2006 and recently re-elected.
Cort http://www.nicaraguadispatch.com/news/2012/09/nicaragua-formalizes-pullout-of-soa/5318 Nicaragua formalizes pullout of SOA [image: Nicaragua formalizes pullout of SOA] Flying Solo: Nicaraguan military officers will no longer participate in the U.S. School of the Americas (photo/ Tim Rogers) By David Hutt / special to The Nicaragua Dispatch September 18, 2012 <http://www.nicaraguadispatch.com/news/2012/09/nicaragua-formalizes-pullout-of-soa/5318#><http://www.nicaraguadispatch.com/news/2012/09/nicaragua-formalizes-pullout-of-soa/5318#> 6<http://www.nicaraguadispatch.com/news/2012/09/nicaragua-formalizes-pullout-of-soa/5318#><http://www.nicaraguadispatch.com/news/2012/09/nicaragua-formalizes-pullout-of-soa/5318#> The School of the Americas (SOA) occupies a very dark place in Latin American history. The U.S. military academy, based in Fort Benning, Georgia, has been training Latin American soldiers for well over half a century. More than 64,000 have passed through its doors, a significant number of which have been accused and convicted of human rights abuses. It has educated 11 dictators, including Panamas former drug-dealing strongman, Manuel Noriega, and El Salvadors Roberto DAubuisson, who controlled that countrys infamous death squads. In March of this year, SOA graduate Pedro Pimentel Ríos of Guatemala was sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for his actions during the 1982 Dos Erres Massacre that left more than 200 dead. Three years earlier, in 2009, two-time graduate Gen. Romeo Orlando Vásquez led the military putsch against Hondurass democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya. <http://www.nicaraguadispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Camila-Ortega-Padre-Roy-Bourgeois-Presidente-Daniel-Ortega-Lisa-Sullivan-Mary-Anne-Perrone-y-el-padre-Miguel-DEscoto.jpg> Dropping out of School: President Daniel Ortega and Father Roy Bourgeois are joined by the presidents daughter, Camila (left), Sandinista foreign policy advisor Miguel DEscoto (right) and the SOA Watchs Lisa Sullivan and Mary Anne Perrone (photo courtesy of SOAWlatina.org) This month, Nicaragua became the sixth Latin American countryand the first in Central Americato announce the end of its participation in the schools officers training program. In practice, Nicaragua has been slowly reducing its participation in the program over the past few years; it sent no new officers to the school this year. In 2004, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez rather unsurprisingly severed his countrys links to the school, which he considers an imperialist training camp. Two years later Argentina made a similar decision. Neighboring Uruguay saw its neighbors pullout as an opportunity to affirm its long-standing dismissal of the school. Then came Bolivia in 2008, and Ecuador in 2012. In 2007 Costa Rica, which has no standing army but sends police officers to the SOA for training, also toyed with the idea of discontinuing its participation. But the country decided to keep sending officers for anti-narcotics training. In announcing his decision several weeks ago, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said, The SOA is an ethical and moral anathema. All of the countries of Latin America have been victims of its graduates. The SOA is a symbol of death, a symbol of terror. Ortega went on to empathize that We have been gradually reducing our numbers of troops at the SOA, sending only five last year and none this year. We have now entered a new phase and we will not continue to send troops to the SOA. This is the least that we can do. The decision came after Ortega met with a delegation from the School of the Americas Watch (SOAW), a campaign group that has been bringing awareness to the human rights abuses committed by SOA graduates since 1990. The groups founder, Maryknoll priest Father Roy Bourgeois, was motivated to act after witnessing the assassination of Archbishop Óscar Romero in El Salvador in 1980. He describes the SOA as a symbol of United States foreign policy whose role is always the same: to protect U.S. economic interests and control the natural resources of Latin American countries. In 2001, the school attempted to distance itself from the past by renaming itself the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. It also justified its existence by commenting that no school should be held accountable for the actions of its graduates. However, there have been questions about how much has changed. Maj. Joseph Blair, a former director at the school, said, There are no substantive changes besides the name. They teach the identical courses that I taught, and changed the course names and use the same manuals. The SOAW delegation spent 10 days touring Nicaragua meeting representatives from rural communities, Sandinista Youth brigades and the president. Lisa Sullivan, who works as the Latin America Coordinator for School of the Americas Watch, described her last meeting with President Ortega in 2008. After sixteen years of absolute economic dependency on the U.S., and with wounds of a U.S.-funded war still raw, the timing was just not right in 2008 to announce Nicaraguas withdrawal from the SOA, she said. Four years later, the SOAW delegation found the Nicaraguan president better able to listen to their cause. From the moment we stepped into Nicaragua, it was clear that a lot had changed in four years, Sullivan commentated. In recent years, the ALBA bloc of Latin American and Caribbean nations had offered Nicaragua the economic solidarity some degree of independence from the U.S. Still, the U.S. still controlled a large amount of funds for Nicaragua, and they were reluctant to anger their giant neighbor, she said. *David Hutt is a freelance writer from London, UK, who will be on the trail of Latin America during the next year and will be working as a tour guide in León, Nicaragua. Follow his travels and misadventures on his blog<http://yearinnicaragua.com/>, and follow him on twitter @davidhutt1990* *--------------------* * Despite budget reductions in 2011, the Nicaraguan Navy's cooperation and interoperability with its regional partners and the United States made it the most productive counternarcotics force in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan Navy and U.S. agencies enjoyed a cooperative operational relationship, but the law enforcement bureaus of Nicaragua remained dependent upon U.S. assistance. U.S. assistance in Nicaragua is focused on enhancing the abilities of government law enforcement agencies to detect and intercept shipments, detain traffickers, stop the laundering of illegal profits from the drug industry, and support preventative programs to protect youth from drugs and recruitment into gangs. With U.S. assistance, the Nicaraguan Navy upgraded its 65-foot patrol boat fleet and extended its maritime operations into the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The Navy refitted and returned to service 20 confiscated go-fast type vessels. The United States provided training in maritime law enforcement, small boat operations, maintenance, logistics, engineering and leadership. The United States and the Nicaraguan Navy developed a long-range patrol strategy centered on three 65-foot patrol boats. The United States provided support for civilian border security units, military border patrol units and the NNP's Mobile Inspection Unit (MIU), which established random checkpoints at strategic points on the national highway system and accounted for the bulk of all police seizures. In July 2011, the United States coordinated an interagency assessment of Nicaragua's port security in Corinto, San Juan del Sur, El Rama and the international airport in Managua. * * http://justf.org/Country?country=Nicaragua&year1=2006&year2=2013&funding=All+Programs&x=63&y=10 * ** *US Grant military and police aid to Nicaragua, All Programs, 2006-2013* *Aid Program* *2006* *2007* *2008* *2009* *2010* *2011* *2012* *2013* Program Total *Section 1004 Counter-Drug Assistance<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua> * 517,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 2,984,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 2,655,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 5,034,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> 1,367,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2010> 2,175,000 2,754,000 *2,754,000* *20,240,000* *Section 1206 Train and Equip Authority<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Section_1206_Train_and_Equip_Authority&country=Nicaragua> * 5,793,743<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Section_1206_Train_and_Equip_Authority&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> *5,793,743* *Foreign Military Financing<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Financing&country=Nicaragua> * 594,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Financing&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 1,013,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Financing&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 1,164,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Financing&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 996,000 786,000 339,000 399,000 399,000 *5,690,000* *International Military Education and Training* 740,000 631,000 483,000 409,000 894,000 538,000 790,000 700,000 *5,185,000* *Excess Defense Articles<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Excess_Defense_Articles&country=Nicaragua> * 1,951,000<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Excess_Defense_Articles&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 119,000 10,000 *2,080,000* *Non-Security Assistance - Unified Command* 486,146 609,617 216,984 *216,984* *216,984* *216,984* *1,963,699* *NADR - Conventional Weapons Destruction* 500,000 *500,000* *500,000* *1,500,000* *Service Academies* 128,000 142,066 142,066 220,557 71,584 *71,584* *71,584* *71,584* *919,025* *Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies* 30,050 44,000 63,900 29,150 54,660 *54,660* *54,660* *54,660* *385,740* *NADR - Humanitarian Demining* 350,000 *350,000* *Counter-Terrorism Fellowship Program<http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Counter-Terrorism_Fellowship_Program&country=Nicaragua> * 100,440 198,684 <http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Counter-Terrorism_Fellowship_Program&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> <http://justf.org/Program_Detail?program=Counter-Terrorism_Fellowship_Program&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> *299,124* *Misc Dept of State / Dept of Defense Non-Security Assistance* 257,500 *257,500* *Global Peace Operations Initiative* 26,108 214,371 * 240,479* *NADR - Small Arms and Light Weapons* 9,000 *9,000* *TOTAL* * 4,069,490* *10,951,601* *5,475,983* *7,648,324* *3,390,228* *3,895,228* * 4,786,228* *4,696,228* *44,913,310* All amounts in U.S. dollars. *Numbers in italics* are estimates, usually based on the closest year for which data are available. Grant economic and social aid to Nicaragua, All Programs, 2006-2013 *Aid Program* *2006* *2007* *2008* *2009* *2010* *2011* *2012* *2013* Program Total *Development Assistance* 22,169,000 13,396,000 13,804,000 18,079,000 27,344,000 16,400,000 8,900,000 12,000,000 *132,092,000* *Millennium Challenge* 20,400,000 41,300,000 52,500,000 *114,200,000* *Child Survival and Health* 7,699,000 7,738,000 8,253,000 7,297,000 6,797,000 6,788,000 2,900,000 *47,472,000* *PL 480 `Food for Peace`* 13,006,000 14,258,000 * 27,264,000* *Peace Corps* 2,595,000 *2,595,000* *2,595,000* *2,595,000* * 10,380,000* *Economic Support Fund* 3,366,000 3,000,000 *6,366,000* *Defense Department Humanitarian Assistance* 83,993 680,998 1,380,994 *2,145,985* *International Narcotics Control Economic Aid* 175,000 *175,000* *Global HIV/AIDS Initiative* 100,000 *100,000* *TOTAL* *69,235,000* *68,304,000* * 91,493,993* *28,651,998* *35,521,994* *23,188,000* *11,800,000* *12,000,000* *340,194,985* All amounts in U.S. dollars. *Numbers in italics* are estimates, usually based on the closest year for which data are available. All Grant Aid to Nicaragua, All Programs, 2006-2013 *2006* *2007* *2008* *2009* *2010* *2011* *2012* *2013* TOTAL *TOTAL* * 73,304,490* *79,255,601* *96,969,976* *36,300,322* *38,912,222* *27,083,228* *16,586,228* *16,696,228* *385,108,295* Military and Police Trainees from Nicaragua, All Programs, 2006-2013 *Aid Program* *2006* *2007* *2008* *2009* *2010* Program Total *Global Peace Operations Initiative<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Global_Peace_Operations_Initiative&country=Nicaragua> * 24<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Global_Peace_Operations_Initiative&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 374<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Global_Peace_Operations_Initiative&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 8<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Global_Peace_Operations_Initiative&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> 30<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Global_Peace_Operations_Initiative&country=Nicaragua&year=2010> *436* *International Military Education and Training<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=International_Military_Education_and_Training&country=Nicaragua> * 55<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=International_Military_Education_and_Training&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 69<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=International_Military_Education_and_Training&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 42<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=International_Military_Education_and_Training&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 23<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=International_Military_Education_and_Training&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> 30<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=International_Military_Education_and_Training&country=Nicaragua&year=2010> *219* *Section 1004 Counter-Drug Assistance<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua> * 10<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 50<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 44<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 44<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> 62<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Section_1004_Counter-Drug_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2010> *210* *Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Center_for_Hemispheric_Defense_Studies&country=Nicaragua> * 8<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Center_for_Hemispheric_Defense_Studies&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 86<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Center_for_Hemispheric_Defense_Studies&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 47<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Center_for_Hemispheric_Defense_Studies&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 4<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Center_for_Hemispheric_Defense_Studies&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> 15<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Center_for_Hemispheric_Defense_Studies&country=Nicaragua&year=2010> *160* *Counter-Terrorism Fellowship Program<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Counter-Terrorism_Fellowship_Program&country=Nicaragua> * 55<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Counter-Terrorism_Fellowship_Program&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 32<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Counter-Terrorism_Fellowship_Program&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> *87* *Non-Security Assistance - Unified Command<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Non-Security_Assistance_-_Unified_Command&country=Nicaragua> * <http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Non-Security_Assistance_-_Unified_Command&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 30<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Non-Security_Assistance_-_Unified_Command&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> 43 *73* *Misc Dept of State / Dept of Defense Non-Security Assistance<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Misc_Dept_of_State_/_Dept_of_Defense_Non-Security_Assistance&country=Nicaragua> * 20<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Misc_Dept_of_State_/_Dept_of_Defense_Non-Security_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 20<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Misc_Dept_of_State_/_Dept_of_Defense_Non-Security_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> *40* *Foreign Military Financing<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Financing&country=Nicaragua> * 20<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Financing&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> *20* *Service Academies<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Service_Academies&country=Nicaragua> * 2 2 2 3 1<http://justf.org/Training_Detail?program=Service_Academies&country=Nicaragua&year=2010> *10* *TOTAL* *150* *263* *549* *112* *181* *1,255* Arms and Equipment Sold to Nicaragua, All Programs, 2006-2013 *Program* *2006* *2007* *2008* *2009* *2010* *2011* Program Total *Direct Commercial Sales<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Direct_Commercial_Sales&country=Nicaragua> * 1,086,072<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Direct_Commercial_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 661,967<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Direct_Commercial_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 939,817<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Direct_Commercial_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 1,563,374<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Direct_Commercial_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> 1,383,832<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Direct_Commercial_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2010> 984,661<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Direct_Commercial_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2011> *6,619,723* *Foreign Military Sales<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Sales&country=Nicaragua> * 71,000<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 889,000<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 575,000<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 424,000<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> 133,000<http://justf.org/Sales_Detail?program=Foreign_Military_Sales&country=Nicaragua&year=2010> *2,092,000* *TOTAL* *1,157,072* *1,550,967* *1,514,817* *1,987,374* * 1,516,832* *984,661* *8,711,723* All amounts in U.S. dollars. Deployments and Operations in Nicaragua, All Programs, 2006-2013 *Program* *2006* *2007* *2008* *2009* Program Total *Humanitarian and Civic Assistance<http://justf.org/Deployment_Detail?program=Humanitarian_and_Civic_Assistance&country=Nicaragua> * 57,710<http://justf.org/Deployment_Detail?program=Humanitarian_and_Civic_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2006> 479,000<http://justf.org/Deployment_Detail?program=Humanitarian_and_Civic_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2007> 163,000<http://justf.org/Deployment_Detail?program=Humanitarian_and_Civic_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2008> 887,000<http://justf.org/Deployment_Detail?program=Humanitarian_and_Civic_Assistance&country=Nicaragua&year=2009> *1,586,710* *TOTAL* *57,710* *479,000* *163,000* *887,000* *1,586,710* All amounts in U.S. dollars. - A project of the Latin America Working Group Education Fund in cooperation with the Center for International Policy and the Washington Office on Latin America Project Staff: Adam Isacson (Senior Associate WOLA aisacson[at]wola.org) / Abigail Poe (Deputy Director CIP abigail[at]ciponline.org) / Lisa Haugaard (LAWGEF Executive Director lisah[at]lawg.org) / Joy Olson (WOLA Executive Director jolson[at]wola.org) *The "Just the Facts" website and program are made possible by support from the Foundation Open <http://www.soros.org/>* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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