La securitización de la pandemia de la covid-19 en la Organización de Estados Americanos

Abstract

The current paper is aimed to contribute to the International Relation´s research agenda related with international security´s studies linked to health. It analyzes the incorporation process of covid-19 pandemic in the Organization of American States´ security agenda, as an international health crisis, using the securitization theory and through the speech analysis. Likewise, it was used descriptive and analytic generalization methods to support the interpretation of the data obtained. As results, it was possible to confirm that, since the establishment of multidimensional security´s concept in 2003 by the OAS, the incorporation of issues related to health at the hemispheric security agenda is increasingly frequent, being HIV/aids the first precedent. In addition, the covid-19 pandemic is positioned as a new paradigmatic example in international security studies and, therefore, as a clear antecedent for the analysis of future similar phenomena resulting from health crisis.