The argument goes like this: A small country like Costa Rica cannot protect itself from highly armed drug lords without the help of the United States. We need to train police at places like the U.S. Army’s Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), formerly known as the School of the Americas.
In response to the recent article, "Code Pink peace activists warn of increasing militarization in Costa Rica," the Public Affairs Officer for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) would like Tico Times readers to know the facts about the Institute and its operation.
Inspired by the long history of U.S. interventions in Latin American, Code Pink activists warned of ongoing subtler militarization in region, during their visit to the country last week.
