On January 17, 2013, outgoing DASD Frank O. Mora participated in the Colleagues for the Americas event at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, after which he was honored by CHDS Director Richard Downie for his friendship and service to the center. Downie presented Mora 
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On December 17, CHDS Assistant Professor for Security and Defense Celina Realuyo was interviewed by Chelis Lopez for Radio Bilingüe’s Noon (West Cost Time) program on the HSBC money laundering / terrorist financing case that resulted in a fine of $1.92 billion, the largest ever levied 
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From November 27 to 30 the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies engaged in various academic programs in Asunción, Paraguay. Forty-five officials from the defense and other sectors participated in a three-day workshop on White Papers, organized with the Consejo de Defensa Nacional (National Defense Council 
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On November 27, Dr. Alejandro Arbelaez, who is departing CHDS after several years of service to return to Colombia, was honored yesterday by the US Department of Defense. Dr. Arbelaez was presented with the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award and was named a Distinguished Member 
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During the week of November 5, CHDS conducted its NationLab exercise in Mexico City, in conjunction with its Mexican partner institution, the Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales (Center for Advanced Naval Studies – CESNAV). The event was an interactive strategic-level wargame, designed to provide hands-on 
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Following three intense weeks of coursework, CHDS Director Dr. Richard Downie brought to a close the residence phase of three advanced courses and one specialized course, which was attended by 59 participants from throughout the Hemisphere (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, 
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After a slight delay caused by Hurricane Sandy, General Rogelio Cano and more than sixty students from Paraguay’s Institute of Advanced Strategic Studies (Instituto de Altos Estudios Estratégicos – IAEE) visited the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. The students represent a cross section of military 
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On October 23, 2012, CHDS Professor Evan Ellis spoke to students of the Security Assistance Management SCM-O-1-13 course for the Defense information Systems Acquisition Management school (DISAM) on the topic of “Extra-Regional Actors in Latin America,” at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. 
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On October 22, CHDS conducted the second event in the 2012 NationLab exercise with the Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales (CESNAV), the senior War College of the Mexican Navy. The event, a two-and-a-half-hour videoconference, trained participants on the use of influence diagramming to analyze the 
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CHDS Assistant Professor Celina Realuyo was invited to speak at the first-ever Latin American Women in Business and Leadership Conference held on October 17–18 in Bogota, Colombia. The two-day event convened more than 350 women from the public, private, academic, and nonprofit sectors from across 
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