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Inside Mauricio Macri's Delicate Campaign to Rebuild Argentina's Military

By Andrei Serbin Pont

The former president tried to bring the armed forces out of the shadow of the last dictatorship. Will his successor reverse course?

This article is adapted from AQ's special report on Latin America's armed forces | Leer en español

BUENOS AIRES — On July 10, 2016, the Argentine military paraded down the broad Avenida del Libertador in commemoration of the country’s Declaration of Independence. Standing near the corner of Sarmiento Avenue, a woman with two children asked me: “Do you know...

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