the funeral became an impressive popular protest, the first since September 11 ... I confess I was frozen with fear, because the people began singing the Internationale in a crescendo. Suddenly, I found that I had my fist in the air and was singing. Soldiers, armed to the teeth, surrounded the square opposite the cemetery and I sincerely believed that, in a matter of seconds, they would let off a round of machine-gun fire. When someone in a loud voice began to shout: 'Comrade Pablo Neruda!' we all answered 'Present! The US-backed dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet had begun two weeks earlier with the bombardment of the governmental palace, and would last for 17 years. ¡Presente! newspaper The movement to close the School of the Americas (formerly known as the SOA Watch Update) publishes a newspaper, ¡Presente!, three times a year which is sent to approximately 50,000 subscribers. The purpose of the newspaper is to give updates about the state of the campaign and of events and developments of the movement. See also Army Foreign Intelligence Assistance Program Dorothy Hennessey Gwen Hennessey Further reading References External links Oscar Romero Speech (retrieved November 20, 2010) Romero - a 1989 film about Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero directed by John Duigan - Trailer (retrieved November 20, 2010) Kucinich protests U.S. army training school - MSNBC - November 19, 2007 - Associated Press (retrieved November 20, 2010) Truth Commissions: Reports: El Salvador - The Hague Justice Portal (retrieved November 20, 2010) War on democracy- documentary by John Pilger- School of Americas (retrieved November 20, 2010) Crossing the Line The story of two activists arrested at the 2005 SOA Watch vigil Resources (documentary film, books) concerning School of Americas and SOA Watch] (retrieved November 20, 2010) History of the School of the Americas, World History Archives School of the Americas Assassins, a 1994 short documentary film produced by Robert Richter. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. The War on Democracy - Documentary By John Pilger (accessed November 20, 2010) Vigil at School of the Americas - Presente! - Recorded on November 22, 2009 by the participants (retrieved November 20, 2010) Political advocacy groups in the United States Operation Condor Human rights in Latin America