Items of interest from around the region which highlight our graduates
Alumni Achievements
On May 29th 2009 the Ecuador Alumni Association officially registered their charter documents with the Ministry of Education in Ecuador, providing a strong foundation for one of the newest associations within CHDS. The Ecuador Association promises to be an active organization and has already signed inter-institutional agreements of cooperation with CHDS Alumni associations in Paraguay and Colombia.
Ecuador Alumni Association Board of Directors, left to right: Jose Ignacio Camino, Geovanny Meza, Ivan Leon, Maria Cecilia Paredes, Rodrigo Jarrin, Diego Abad, Fernando Del Pozo, Maria Victoria Proaño, Carmen Apunte, Consuelo del Rocio Silva and Martha Suarez.
Rodrigo Jarrin presents Ecuador Alumni Association Charter to CHDS, June 1, 2009. Shown in picture, Van Beall, Chief Registrar, Kara O’Ryan, Institutional Relations Coordinator, Rodrigo Jarrin, Ecuador Association Vice President, and Dr. Richard Downie, Director, CHDS.
Mohamad Ifraan Ali (
Graduate of the Caribbean Defense and Security Course (CDSC) course – May 2008.
Mohamed Irfaan Ali is appointed the new Minister of Housing and Water
Published: January 8, 2009
Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn in as the new Minister of Housing and Water yesterday by President Bharrat Jagdeo, a responsibility which he said is critical and consistently requires a high priority on government’s agenda.
The President offered his congratulations to Ali following the brief ceremony at the Office of the President. The post was previously held by Harrinarine Nawbatt.
Up until his appointment Ali was the National Programme Coordinator of local Caribbean Development Bank-funded projects and also a PPP Member of Parliament. He had been tipped to replace Nawbatt after the former minister was handed a diplomatic post in Brazil.
Moments after he was sworn in Ali described the post as a challenging one, but declared his intention to pursue his obligations vigorously and “deliver to the people of Guyana a better quality service”. The new minister noted that he will make a comprehensive assessment of the sector and determine where reforms can be implemented and work towards this, adding that there are issues such as squatting that have to be addressed.
According to Ali, he is well acquainted with the housing and water sector since he previously chaired one of the Project Steering Committees on the Low Income Housing Settlement Programme. He said too, that he gained some experience while working as an economic planner for the state many years ago.
Gastón Hernán Schulmeister (
met with Institutional Relations Coordinator, Kara O’Ryan during a recent visit to CHDS. Mr. Shulmeister was awarded a Fulbright scholarship by the Department of State to attend the Institute on U.S. National Security at the University of Delaware program: U.S. National Security Policymaking in a Post 9/11 World.
The program will examine specific security issues such as energy policy, economic stability, cyber-security, chemical and biological weapons, nuclear weapons, and infectious diseases. The program will also focus on regional security concerns in Europe, South Asia, the Western Hemisphere, East Asia, and the Middle East. Finally, the program will cover the fight against terrorism, the impact of globalization, and U.S. global leadership. The program will be supplemented by a simulation exercise, a group project, and a study tour.
Mr. Schulmeister is a graduate of the Defense Planning and Resource Management (DPRM) course – October 2004 and the Inter-Agency Coordination and Combating Terrorism (ICCT) course in June 2007.
Alumni Publications
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Crisitian Garay (
Graduate of the Defense Planning and Resource Management (DPRM) course of October 2004 and the Inter-Agency Coordination and Combating Terrorism (ICCT) course of June 2006.
La política de la tierra: Jaime Larraín García-Moreno, Cristián Medina, Cristián Garay, Centro de Estudios Bicentenarios, Santiago, 2008, 179 pages.
Saúl Rodríguez Hernández (
Graduate of the Strategy and Defense Policy (SDP) course of March 2007
Rodríguez Hernández Saúl Mauricio y Torres del Río César (Editors), De milicias reales a militares contrainsurgentes: La institución militar en Colombia, siglos XVIII-XXI, Bogotá, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2008. ISBN 958716087-1
