Recovering from State Terror: The Morning After in Latin America

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 238-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Brysk
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
State Terror

Fear at the Edge: State Terror and Resistance in Latin America

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 176
Author(s):  
Abraham Lowenthal ◽  
Juan E. Corradi ◽  
Patricia Weiss Fagen ◽  
Manuel Antonio Garreton
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Edge State ◽  
State Terror

Military Power, Impunity and State-Society Change in Latin America

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Patrice McSherry
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
National Security ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Power ◽  
Fundamental Change ◽  
Military Rule ◽  
State Terror ◽  
Civilian Regimes ◽  
The Military

AbstractThe transition from military to civilian rule in Latin America has thrown a searchlight upon the legacy of military repression from the era of the national security states, and the problem of still-powerful and unrepentant armed forces. These intertwined problems have profound implications for the possibility of fundamental change in a region long characterized by extreme social inequality and political instability. As Rouquié notes, civilianization of the military state does not necessarily mean the democratization or demilitarization of power. How to deal with the perpetrators of state terror is a burning and controversial issue throughout the region. During the process of transition, the major demand of the military in virtually all states was for guarantees against accountability for human rights crimes—widely called impunity in the region—a demand that implicitly places the military above the law. This issue strikes at the very heart of the transformation of national security states and the democratization of power. Additionally, despite the transition from military rule, structures of the national security apparatus remain embedded within the civilian regimes. An examination of the question of impunity and those embedded structures exposes the tensions between democratization and persisting military prerogatives and power.

Fear at the Edge: State Terror and Resistance in Latin America.

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
James Petras ◽  
Juan Corradi ◽  
Patricia Weiss Fagen ◽  
Manuel Antonio Garreton
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Edge State ◽  
State Terror

Fear at the Edge: State Terror and Resistance in Latin America

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Lillian Comas-Diaz ◽  
Juan E. Corradi ◽  
Patricia Weiss Fagen ◽  
Manuel Antonio Garreton
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Edge State ◽  
State Terror

The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 102-129
Author(s):  
ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽  
EUDALD CORTINA ORERO
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Internal Dynamics ◽  
Internal Coherence ◽  
The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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