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¡Presente!

About Me

¡Presente! is the newspaper of the movement to close the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC). The term ¡Presente! means "here" or "present" in Spanish. It is used in the ritual at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, when we remember those who suffered and were martyred by the graduates of the School of the Americas. We pronounce their names and bring their spirits and witness before us as we respond: ¡Presente! You are here with us, you are not forgotten and your death was not in vain.
¡Presente!, formerly known as the SOA Watch Update, is published three times a year and sent free of charge to over 39,000 subscribers. Additional copies are being distributed through the ¡Presente! activist distributor network at local events, schools, union halls, through progressive bookstores and coffeehouses. For more information about the distributer program, visit www.SOAW.org/presente or email [email protected]


¡Presente! Archive

Read articles that were published in previous issues of the ¡Presente! newspaper:
¡Presente! Fall 2007:
When the Chickens Come Home to Roost
¡Presente! Summer 2007:
Shutting Down the SOA and Challenging Oppression
¡Presente! Spring 2007:
Resistance and Repression in Mexico - Oaxaca Libre
¡Presente! Fall 2006:
Building a Local SOA Watch Group
SOA Watch Update Summer 2006:
Popular Rejection of the SOA in Latin America
SOA Watch Update Spring 2006:
U.S. Backed Militarization in Latin America Rises
SOA Watch Update Fall 2005:
"Operation Dragon:" SOA Instructor Involved in Assassination Plot
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We want to expand the network of activist distributors around the country to get the paper in as many hands as possible. To become a ¡PRESENTE! distributor, please send your snail mail address, the number of boxes that you can distribute (one box contains 150 copies of the newspaper) and a check or money order made out to "SOA Watch" to cover the cost of printing and shipping ($22 per box) to:

SOA Watch
iPRESENTE! Activist Distributor Network
PO Box 4566
Washington, DC 20017

Please also ad your phone and email contact information. You will receive the box(es) with your copies of iPRESENTE! shipped directly from the printer to your home.

Excellent bulk distribution points for the newspaper are community centers, coffeehouses, universities, libraries and progressive bookstores. You can also give copies to friends, neighbors and strangers, hand it out at meetings or protests and use it for your general outreach work in your community. The more people know, the more people will speak out or as South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela put it: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

My Blog

When the Chickens Come Home to Roost

When the Chickens Come Home to RoostGangs in the Americas and the Cycle of Violence and DominationImages of young Latino men with tattoos are often used by the media to generate fear and anti-immigran...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:48:00 GMT

Shutting Down the SOA and Challenging Oppression

Shutting Down the SOA and Challenging OppressionIn our work to close the SOA and to change harmful U.S. foreign policy, SOA Watch recognizes the SOA/WHINSEC as part of a racist tradition and s...
Posted by on Thu, 10 May 2007 09:20:00 GMT

Resistance and Repression in Mexico - Oaxaca Libre

Resistance and Repression in MexicoOaxaca LibreWith millions of dollars in U.S. military aid and SOA training, Mexico has undergone a massive militarization over the past decade.SOA graduates have pla...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:04:00 GMT

Building a Local SOA Watch Group

Building a Local SOA Watch GroupMany thanks to Incite! Women of Color Against Violence for much of this organizing information. Visit them at www.INCITE-National.org.SOA Watch is made up of hundreds o...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:39:00 GMT

Popular Rejection of the SOA in Latin America

Popular Rejection of the SOA in Latin AmericaArgentina and Uruguay join Venezuela in Ceasing the Training of soldiers at the School of the Americas / Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperat...
Posted by on Wed, 10 May 2006 00:20:00 GMT

U.S. Backed Militarization in Latin America Rises

U.S. Backed Militarization in Latin America  RisesSOA-style methods grow in the region, while development and humanitarian aid fallThis article was adapted from "The Bush Effect" by Frida Berriga...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:12:00 GMT

Operation Dragon: SOA Instructor Involved in Assassination Plot

"Operation Dragon:" SOA Instructor Involved in Assassination Plot"Operation Dragon" targets Colombian Congressman Alexander Lopez Maya, former President of the Sintraemcali labor union, Luis Hernandez...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 04:51:00 GMT