2021
DOI: 10.1590/0034-761220200475
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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 s… Show more

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“…The latter may be especially important for civil–military relations as the limited use of the military for a specific activity may have different implications than using the military in a leading role. Future research could thus further disaggregate our indicators and develop criteria for measuring the extent of militarization in ordinal or interval terms ( Passos & Acácio, 2021 ; Gibson-Fall, 2021 ). Such future analyses could also track finer grained aspects of military deployments including who led the response, the length of operations, and whether they formally ended.…”
Section: Potential Implications For Civil–military Relationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The latter may be especially important for civil–military relations as the limited use of the military for a specific activity may have different implications than using the military in a leading role. Future research could thus further disaggregate our indicators and develop criteria for measuring the extent of militarization in ordinal or interval terms ( Passos & Acácio, 2021 ; Gibson-Fall, 2021 ). Such future analyses could also track finer grained aspects of military deployments including who led the response, the length of operations, and whether they formally ended.…”
Section: Potential Implications For Civil–military Relationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The use of militaries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn significant attention. The resulting case studies (e.g., Elran et al, 2020 ; Pasquier et al, 2021 ) and small-n comparative (usually regional) analyses (e.g., Gad et al, 2021 ; Opillard et al, 2020 ; Passos & Acácio, 2021 ) highlight the variety of roles militaries played, including providing healthcare, logistical support, and law and order, among other missions. Others (e.g., Gibson-Fall, 2021 ) have identified different degrees of military involvement in the response based on several noteworthy cases.…”
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“…However, in reality, outside of the legal attributes, many challenges still remain and express concerns that have not yet been controlled with the creation of laws alone. (Acacio & Passos, 2020).…”
Section: The Brazilian Coast and The Impacts Of National Unsustainabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The fight against dictator, centralizing and denialist powers must also be done by everyone who is affected by measures coming from these governments, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (Morel, 2021). The control of militarization, the valorization of science, the dissemination of knowledge in a safe and accessible way, reforms in public policies, inspection and respect for human rights will also be fundamental ways in improving the near future (Acacio & Passos, 2020).…”
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“…By contrast, the other five types of measures violate freedoms of association, assembly, and expression and allow regimes to criminalize CSO activities (Bethke & Wolff, 2020 ; Poppe & Wolff, 2017 ). In particular, security-oriented emergency measures provide the executive with wartime-like power and can lead to militarized public-health management and eroding rights (Passos & Acácio, 2021 ).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%