The military question – believed to have been resolved after the region’s transition to democracy which came with the Cold War’s end, the effort to achieve regional integration, and the push toward globalization – has reappeared. Indeed, it is now clear that one of the main regional challenges is to preserve civilian control of the military, which will require that Latin American elites avoid the temptation to strengthen disproportionately the armed forces’ place in their countries’ domestic and international politics.
En effet, il est désormais évident que l’un des défis principaux de la région est d’éviter que l’armée ne contrôle les citoyens. Pour ce faire, l’élite latino-américaine devra s’efforcer de ne pas succomber à la tentation de renforcer de manière disproportionnée la place des forces armées dans les affaires nationales et internationales.