Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaCOVID-19 and Regional Security. Global Macrosecuritization, Local Adaptations, and the Dilemmas of Latin American Cooperation
This article analyses the main lines around which the securitization of COVID-19 has been interpreted and used in Latin America. Starting from an understanding of securitization that incorporates a dialogue between the local and the global to interpret the specific characteristics of the process, th...
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| description | This article analyses the main lines around which the securitization of COVID-19 has been interpreted and used in Latin America. Starting from an understanding of securitization that incorporates a dialogue between the local and the global to interpret the specific characteristics of the process, the investigation observes the varied ways in which different countries in the region have adapted global security discourses. The main global security dynamics around COVID-19, the particularities of its main local counterparts, and the extraordinary actions legitimized as a result of them are analysed. It is argued that the variations in the constructions of the “pandemic threat” by regional actors, carried out in isolation and read through different interpretive frameworks, are both a consequence and an aggravating factor of political disagreements between national leaders. In this way, the article seeks to make a general balance that serves as the basis for continuing the debate on the many aspects in which the current pandemic has affected regional security. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-51342022-01-21T15:18:02Z COVID-19 and Regional Security. Global Macrosecuritization, Local Adaptations, and the Dilemmas of Latin American Cooperation COVID-19 y seguridad regional. Macro-seguritización global, adaptaciones locales y dilemas de la cooperación latinoamericana Dalponte, Bruno COVID-19 Latin America regional security securitization regional incoordination América Latina COVID-19 descoordinación regional seguridad regional seguritización This article analyses the main lines around which the securitization of COVID-19 has been interpreted and used in Latin America. Starting from an understanding of securitization that incorporates a dialogue between the local and the global to interpret the specific characteristics of the process, the investigation observes the varied ways in which different countries in the region have adapted global security discourses. The main global security dynamics around COVID-19, the particularities of its main local counterparts, and the extraordinary actions legitimized as a result of them are analysed. It is argued that the variations in the constructions of the “pandemic threat” by regional actors, carried out in isolation and read through different interpretive frameworks, are both a consequence and an aggravating factor of political disagreements between national leaders. In this way, the article seeks to make a general balance that serves as the basis for continuing the debate on the many aspects in which the current pandemic has affected regional security. El presente artículo analiza las principales líneas en torno de las cuales se ha interpretado y utilizado la seguritización de la COVID-19 en América Latina. Partiendo de una comprensión de la seguritización que incorpora un diálogo entre lo local y lo global para interpretar el alcance concreto del proceso, se observan las formas variadas en que distintos países de la región adaptaron discursos seguritarios de alcance global. Para ello, se analizan las principales dinámicas globales de seguritización en torno de la COVID-19, las particularidades de sus principales contrapartes locales y las acciones extraordinarias legitimadas a partir de ellas. Se argumenta que las variaciones en las construcciones de la “amenaza pandémica” de los actores regionales, realizadas de manera aislada y leídas a través de marcos interpretativos distintos, son a la vez consecuencia y agravante de desacuerdos políticos entre mandatarios nacionales. De esta manera, se busca realizar un balance general que sirva de base para continuar debatiendo uno de los múltiples aspectos en que la actual pandemia ha afectado la seguridad regional. AbstractThis article analyses the main lines around which the securitization of COVID-19 has been interpreted and used in Latin America. Starting from an understanding of securitization that incorporates a dialogue between the local and the global to interpret the specific characteristics of the process, the investigation observes the varied ways in which different countries in the region have adapted global security discourses. The main global security dynamics around COVID-19, the particularities of its main local counterparts, and the extraordinary actions legitimized as a result of them are analysed. It is argued that the variations in the constructions of the “pandemic threat” by regional actors, carried out in isolation and read through different interpretive frameworks, are both a consequence and an aggravating factor of political disagreements between national leaders. In this way, the article seeks to make a general balance that serves as the basis for continuing the debate on the many aspects in which the current pandemic has affected regional security. Este artigo busca realizar uma análise das principais linhas em torno das quais a securitização da COVID-19 tem sido interpretada e utilizada na América Latina. Partindo de uma compreensão da securitização que incorpora um diálogo entre o local e o global para interpretar o escopo específico do processo, busca especificamente observar as diversas maneiras como os diferentes países da região adaptaram os discursos de segurança global. Para tanto, são analisadas as principais dinâmicas da segurança global em torno da COVID-19, as particularidades de suas principais contrapartes locais e as ações extraordinárias legitimadas em decorrência delas. Argumenta-se que as variações nas construções da "ameaça pandêmica" dos atores regionais, realizadas isoladamente e lidas em diferentes marcos interpretativos, são uma consequência e um fator agravante das divergências políticas entre as lideranças nacionais. Dessa forma, busca-se fazer um balanço geral que sirva de base para continuar o debate sobre um dos muitos aspectos em que a atual pandemia afetou a segurança regional. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2021-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html text/html https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5134 10.17141/urvio.31.2021.5134 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 31 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 8-24 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 31 (2021): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (septiembre-diciembre); 8-24 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.31.2021 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5134/3861 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5134/3867 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5134/3868 Derechos de autor 2021 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad |
| spellingShingle | Dalponte, Bruno COVID-19 and Regional Security. Global Macrosecuritization, Local Adaptations, and the Dilemmas of Latin American Cooperation |
| title | COVID-19 and Regional Security. Global Macrosecuritization, Local Adaptations, and the Dilemmas of Latin American Cooperation |
| title_full | COVID-19 and Regional Security. Global Macrosecuritization, Local Adaptations, and the Dilemmas of Latin American Cooperation |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 and Regional Security. Global Macrosecuritization, Local Adaptations, and the Dilemmas of Latin American Cooperation |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 and Regional Security. Global Macrosecuritization, Local Adaptations, and the Dilemmas of Latin American Cooperation |
| title_short | COVID-19 and Regional Security. Global Macrosecuritization, Local Adaptations, and the Dilemmas of Latin American Cooperation |
| title_sort | covid-19 and regional security. global macrosecuritization, local adaptations, and the dilemmas of latin american cooperation |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/5134 |