From August 13-17, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies held a course in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Countering Transnational Organized Crime, with the participation of 22 officials from the Bahamian government and 5 from Turks and Caicos. The participants examined the topic from both the 
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On August 8th, CHDS had the pleasure of hosting a visit with Dr. Jose Luis Prado Maillard, the Director of the Department of Law and Criminology at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL) in Mexico. Dr. Prado had traveled to Washington, DC, to complete 
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Thirty-two participants in the Masters in Defense and National Security program of the Escuela de Graduados de Alts Estudios Estratégicos (Graduate School for Advanced Strategic Studies – EGAEE) of the Dominican Republic participated in an academic program on July 26 at the Center for Hemispheric 
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Nearly a month ago, more than 60 people from 18 countries of the Caribbean, Central and South America met online to began the three-week distance learning phase of the Caribbean Defense and Security Course (CDSC). Participants and facilitators reviewed, analyzed, and discussed readings, in preparation 
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CHDS, in collaboration with the Colegio de Altos Estudios Estrategicos (CAEE), conducted a NationLab exercise from June 26 through 28 in San Salvador. The event, a core component of its Security and National Development course, was attended by 56 persons, mostly civilians, from a variety 
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On June 20–22, 2012, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted a Senior Executive Dialogue (SED) on “National and Sub-Regional Strategies for Citizen Security in Central America,” which convened 14 senior foreign officials at the vice-ministerial level representing the Ministries of Defense, Security, and Foreign 
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Between April 29 and June 18, CHDS and the Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estratégicos (National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies – ANEPE) held their first academic exchange in a program coordinated by both institutions. During the three-week period, students and professors from 
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CHDS in collaboration with the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) conducted a week-long NationLab event from June 11 through 15 in Mexico to explore interagency response to major natural disasters. The event was hosted by the Escuela Superior de Guerra in Mexico City and 
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From June 6 to 14, 2012, Colombia hosted the 9th annual FUERZAS COMANDO exercise at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida. During this time special operations forces from 21 countries engaged in an eight-day military skills competition, testing their physical strength and tactical 
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On June 6, CHDS hosted a visit by Colombia’s Advanced Military Studies Course (Curso de Altos studios Militares – CAEM). The delegation was headed Major General Jairo Alfonso Aponte Prieto, Director of Colombia’s Higher War School (Escuela Superior de Guerra – ESDEGUE), and was composed 
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