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Using the military to quash protests can erode democracy – as Latin America well knows

  • Written by Kristina Mani, Associate Professor of Politics and Chair of Latin American Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory
imageA Chilean soldier stands guard at a ransacked supermarket in Santiago, October 2019.Marcelo Hernandez/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on June 7 withdrew National Guard troops from Washington, D.C., but his threat to “deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem” of civil unrest following the police killing of...

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