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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

More on the SOAW



Jim and I are one of those couples that went from friendship to love at the School of the Américas Watch vigil, held every November, the week before Thanksgiving, in Fort Benning, Georgia. We had both been attending for several years, even before we knew each other, but last year was special...

The first year I went as a legal observer with the National Lawyer's Guild, but after that I went as an interpreter and also sang with the musician's collective. Last November was quite difficult, because the authorities went all out and arrested even bystanders. Listening to the stories of victims and their families is difficult in itself. María Elena Bustamante, for example, whose young doctor brother was butchered by SOA graduates...



Jim walked and volunteered, despite pain in his legs...



The November event is about remembering and honoring the many innocent fallen...



I wrote new verses of Guantanamera, which I sang on Sunday:

Guantanamera, no más tortura en la tierra

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