Furthering democratization, the Expanded International Military Education and Training Program (E-IMET) conducted by the U.S. Departments of State and Defense seeks to further human rights. Case studies evaluated El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua including a review of U.S. government and nongovernmental reports and budgets, and a survey of previous students who attended 8 different U.S. military-sponsored courses selected for their human rights focus from 1991--2000. Findings inconclusive, but offered encouraging results that E-IMET, as a part of the overall U.S. grant program, facilitates human rights initiatives. Attendees appear to be the right persons for the subject courses who subsequently return to upwardly mobile positions with opportunities to influence their country's future policies.
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