In the United States, the federal response to recent protests sparked a national conversation about civil-military relations. In other countries, especially in Latin America, that has been a hot topic for months, as the expanding role of the armed forces in the coronavirus response has brought back uncomfortable memories of military interventions in civilian affairs. Please join Dr. Benjamin Gedan, Wilson Center’s Deputy Director of the Latin American Program, and Director of the Argentina Project, for this week’s Wilson Policy Brief to address the role of the military in the COVID-19 response in the region.
