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Churches and Human Rights in Latin America: Recent Trends in the Subcontinent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Brian H. Smith
Brian H. Smith*
Affiliation:
Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057
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Over the past fifteen years the military have seized power in most major South American countries, leaving only Colombia and Venezuela with democratic regimes. The armed forces claim that only they are capable of controlling the domestic violence and social disruptions which accompanied the rapid political and economic changes of the 1960s. This process of social conflict and subsequent military intervention has been especially notable in the countries of the subcontinent region—Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Peru, and Uruguay.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 21 , Issue 1: Special Issue: The Church and Politics in Latin America , February 1979 , pp. 89 - 127
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Copyright © University of Miami 1979

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