The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin America
Abstract Latin America has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting its governments to take action. In this context, countries within Latin America have used their armed forces for an array of tasks to serve citizens. But how militarized is the response to COVID-19 in Latin America...
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| description | Abstract Latin America has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting its governments to take action. In this context, countries within Latin America have used their armed forces for an array of tasks to serve citizens. But how militarized is the response to COVID-19 in Latin America? This paper proposes a typology of tasks provided by the armed forces as a response to COVID-19. The descriptive findings allow us to map these tasks, attributing scores to the fourteen Latin American democracies. We also show evidence for the potential consequences of some tasks. Policing the streets to enforce stay-at-home orders may lead to the military committing human rights violations, assuming eminently civilian posts to manage the public health crisis can result in long term implications for the civil-military balance that are detrimental to the democratic control over the military. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec759701163548a5b664c752dbb16ea62022-12-21T19:29:16ZengFundação Getúlio VargasRevista de Administração Pública0034-76122021-03-0155126127210.1590/0034-761220200475The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin AmericaAnaís Medeiros Passoshttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8028-8523Igor Acáciohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-0683Abstract Latin America has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting its governments to take action. In this context, countries within Latin America have used their armed forces for an array of tasks to serve citizens. But how militarized is the response to COVID-19 in Latin America? This paper proposes a typology of tasks provided by the armed forces as a response to COVID-19. The descriptive findings allow us to map these tasks, attributing scores to the fourteen Latin American democracies. We also show evidence for the potential consequences of some tasks. Policing the streets to enforce stay-at-home orders may lead to the military committing human rights violations, assuming eminently civilian posts to manage the public health crisis can result in long term implications for the civil-military balance that are detrimental to the democratic control over the military.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-76122021000100261&tlng=enCOVID-19global pandemicmilitarizationcivil-military relationsLatin Americamilitary missions |
| spellingShingle | Anaís Medeiros Passos Igor Acácio The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin America Revista de Administração Pública COVID-19 global pandemic militarization civil-military relations Latin America military missions |
| title | The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin America |
| title_full | The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin America |
| title_fullStr | The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin America |
| title_full_unstemmed | The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin America |
| title_short | The militarization of responses to COVID-19 in Democratic Latin America |
| title_sort | militarization of responses to covid 19 in democratic latin america |
| topic | COVID-19 global pandemic militarization civil-military relations Latin America military missions |
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