The armies’ role in social processes is unequivocal. Armies can liberate like in the April Revolution in Portugal and armies can oppress how it happened under Pinochet regime in Chile. It is naive to assume that the army will observe political neutrality when social development reaches a crisis. The military usually come to power when the civilian authorities are unable to cope due to an acute power crisis.
Hundreds of military coups have been carried... (More)
