The Return of the Latin American Military

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ID6288092
AuthorsDavid Pion-Berlin (0000-0002-9887-7083), Igor Acacio (0000-0001-9998-0683)
Year2020
Volume31
Issue4
Pages151-165
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2020.0062
OpenAlexW3091916809
LanguageEN
Citations received18

In recent years, democratic governments in Latin America have increasingly ordered their armed forces into various internal-security operations in response to rising crime, mass protest and other challenges. While most militaries comply with those lawful orders, some choose to disobey, while others qualify their compliance by altering the terms of their deployment. In responding in varied ways, militaries have often made tradeoffs between upholding principles of civilian control on the one hand, and human rights on the other. They have also been motivated largely by a desire to defend their institution and the soldiers who serve it. A series of capsule-like studies of five countries illustrates a continuum of military behaviors, from full obedience to outright defiance

Democracy · Human rights · Institution · Latin Americans · Obedience · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Software deployment · Engineering · International Relations in Latin America · Law · Military History and Strategy · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

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