The Return of the Military

Abstract: Brazil now has a president-elect who glorifies the military dictatorship and a general as vice president-elect; in Guatemala, officers made their menacing presence felt as they literally stood behind the president as it was announced that the government would not renew the mandate of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala; and, Argentina intends to again use armed forces in conflicts within the country. In Latin America, the military is once again openly intervening in politics. The continent seems to be on its way back to a past that many had thought overcome. Although history seldom repeats itself and straight-out military regimes are unlikely, the continent is in a political crisis. The basic structural problems of violence, corruption, and inequality persist and continue to undermine democratic institutions. The use of the military in crises is met with hardly any resistance, not only in defective democracies such as Guatemala or in authoritarian contexts su

Alternative title
Das Militär kehrt zurück
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 11 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
nicht begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
GIGA Focus Lateinamerika ; Bd. 7

Classification
Politik

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Hamburg
(when)
2018
Creator
Contributor
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Lateinamerika-Studien

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-60633-4
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Kurtenbach, Sabine
  • Scharpf, Adam
  • GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies - Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Institut für Lateinamerika-Studien

Time of origin

  • 2018

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