The Ghosts of Fort Gulick: Unpacking the Legacy of the School of the Americas The recent selection of "School of the Americas" for the Co Production and Financing Forum at Madrid based confab Iberseries & Platino Industria is a sobering reminder of the long shadow cast by one of the darkest chapters in modern Latin American history.
The project, set to star Daniela Vega and Alfredo Castro, promises to explore the world of counterinsurgency doctrine taught at the infamous U. S. Army School of the Americas.
The school, located in the Panama Canal Zone, was a breeding ground for violence, where officers from across Latin America were trained in a toxic blend of militarism and repression.