They're back – but militaries have evolved since dark chapters of the past, write two leading specialists.
A wave of abuses suggests some soldiers never really adapted to democracy.
An interview with a UN peacekeeping veteran who says combat units are far more effective with a strong female presence.
The false notion that the armed forces are inherently cleaner is dangerous to democracy in Latin America.
The former president tried to bring the armed forces out of the shadow of the last dictatorship. Will his successor reverse course?
“We are still very far away from seeing what the results will be,” says AS/COA Online’s editor-in-chief as Mexico’s president faces security and economic challenges.
"We’ve got to find a way to talk about the morality of recreational drug use," writes AS/COA's Brian Winter in The Washington Post.
