On September 21, the participants and CHDS professors from two courses assembled in the Abraham Lincoln Hall Auditorium as one group for a final time. Two sessions of the course on Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Networks in the Americas (CTOC) and one session …
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Participants in the Fall CHDS Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) Course were treated to a special guest lecture on Friday, September 14, given by Dr. Alvaro Briones, representing the Organization of American States (OAS). Dr. Briones has served as an ambassador of the Chilean government …
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With the participation of 45 students, the Strategic Direction for Defense and Crisis Management Course (CEDEYAC) began its 22nd iteration, in which civilian officials from various public sector entities, businessmen, as well as high-ranking military and national police officers take part. CHDS usually supports CEDEYAC …
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On September 10, the residential phase of the CHDS course on Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) and Illicit Networks began in Washington, DC. This two-week in-person phase was preceded by three intense weeks of distance learning through Blackboard. CHDS Director Dr. Richard Downie welcomed the …
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On September 5, 17 students from Brazil, Colombia, Spain, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru started the residential phase of the Advanced Course on Terrorism and Counterinsurgency (TCI) at CHDS in Washington, DC. The course is taught by Professor Alejandro Arbeláez and General Carlos …
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On August 27 and 28, the CHDS Peruvian Alumni Association held their third annual conference on hemispheric defense and security. Major General (ret.) Jorge Chavez, president of the association, delivered the opening address, inviting the participants to put into practice the ideas and proposals generated …
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On August 22, nearly 45 officials who are enrolled in two courses at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) visited CHDS. Dean of Students and Outreach, Major General (ret.) John Thompson, greeted the delegation, headed by WHINSEC Commandant Colonel Glenn Huber. General Thompson …
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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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