Chorrillos Military School

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The Chorrillos Military School (Spanish: Escuela Militar de Chorrillos) is the institution in charge of the undergraduate education of officers of the Peruvian Army. The school was opened in 1898 and is located at Chorrillos, Lima, Peru, hence its name.[1] Its current director is Brigade General Walter Martos Ruiz. It was also the alma mater of Manuel Noriega.[2]

References

  1. ^ "A conflict of races". The Baltimore Sun: pp. 8. 26 April 1898. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1643356712.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26%2C+1898&author=&pub=The+Sun+%281837-1985%29&desc=A+CONFLICT+OF+RACES&pqatl=google. Retrieved 1 January 2012. "PERU'S NEW MILITARY SCHOOL Formally Opened at Chorrillos In A Stirring Patriotic Speech By President Piorola." 
  2. ^ Hooper, Simon (7 July 2010). "The rise and fall of Noriega, Central America's strongman". CNNWorld. CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/07/panama.manuel.noriega.profile/. Retrieved 1 January 2012.