Yeah Grant, latin american coups are usually military, but keep in mind that, in Ecuador at least, the police and army are not the same and represent very different power structures. What is novel is that the military was so quick to provide assistance to a fairly leftest head of state. I think that this actually bodes well for constitutional rule in my country. I think coups are fast becoming a thing of the past.
@3 Hopefully you're right.
Many of the worst elements of Latin American militarys(especially those trained at the School of the Americas) have joined Blackwater and gone to the Middle East and elsewhere. This has given democracy some breathing room in LatAm.
And Ireland.
It's not just in American countries.
More bullshit.
Many of the worst elements of Latin American militarys(especially those trained at the School of the Americas) have joined Blackwater and gone to the Middle East and elsewhere. This has given democracy some breathing room in LatAm.