Latin America/Central America Focused Programs

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• Leaders of the Present: Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement in Central America
  (Antigua, Guatemala 2008)
  Conducted five day meeting with 24 young Central American leaders to facilitate development of action plans on youth civic engagement on regional issues such as youth violence and disaster risk reduction especially in relation to climate change.
  
  Costa Rica
  Manuel Dengo, Director of the Disaster Risk Reduction Initiative of DARA, Costa Rica
  Guatemala

  Czech Republic
  Jan Urban, New York University, Prague, former Czech Dissident, Co-Founder of People in Need, Czech Republic

  Ecuador
  Pablo Boada, Director, Quito Eterno, Ecuador

  El Salvador
  Ana Guadalupe Martinez, Special Advisor to the Vice-President of Congress, and former Commander of the FMLN, El Salvador

  Guatemala
  José María Argueta, IGL Inspire Fellow, ICAS, Guatemala
  Julio Balconi, CONRED; Ministry of Defense, Guatemala
  Marco Antonio Castillo, General Director of the Ceiba Group, Guatemala
  Claudia Flores, Regional Coordinator of CONRED,
  Carlos Arguello, CA Foundation, Guatemala
  Ana Carlos, Entrémosle a Guate, Guatemala
  Paul Guggenheim, Country Director for Guatemala, Riecken Foundation
  Marco Antonio Leonor, Caja Lúdica, Guatemala
  Harris Whitbeck, CNN en Español, Entrémosle a Guate, Guatemala
  Maria Marta Ramos, Executive Director of Valle del Altiplano University, Guatemala
  Jason Marczak, Editor of America’s Quarterly, USA

  Honduras
  Iris Castejón-Wollny, National Autonomous University, Honduras

  Mexico
  Araceli Ruano, Executive Director of the ALAS Foundation

  Nicaragua
  Sandra Zuñiga, DARA Delegate, Nicaragua
  Arturo Wallace, Professor and Journalist, Nicaragua

  Panama
  Gilberto Toro, Director of the Social Development Program of the Ministry of Social Development, Panama
  
  Spain
  Nicolai Nielsen, Researcher, DARA, Spain

  United States
  David Cartagena, Institute for the Study and Practice of Non-Violence, RI, USA
  Teny Gross, Institute for the Study and Practice of Non-Violence, RI, USA
  Elena Haliczer, Games for Change, USA
  Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Project Director of Staying Safe, National Development Research Institutes, Inc.

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• Politics without Violence
  (Bogotá, Colombia, 2008)
  Created several opportunities for members of the Colombian senate and civil society to discuss current obstacles to the peace process and reframe the government and ELN guerilla group dialogue.          
  
  

  Participants Included:
  El Salvador
  Ana Guadalupe Martinez, President of the Institute for a New El Salvador, one of the founders of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN)

  Guatemala
  Jose Maria Argueta, Former Ambassador to Peru and Japan, first civilian head of the National Security Council and Secretary General of the presidential office of National Strategic Studies, Guatemala

  Peru
  Alvaro de Soto, Peruvian diplomat, United Nations Secretary General Representative for El Salvador, Myanmar, Western Sahara, Middle East and Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots
  
  United States
  Aldo Civico, Director, Center for International Conflict Resolution at Columbia University

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• The Challenge of Verification in Peace Processes
  (Bogota and Medellin Colombia, 2007)
  Conducted two workshops for representatives of the Colombian government and the ELN bringing comparative experiences on verification and ceasefire management.
  
  

  Republic of Ireland
  Tim Dalton, former Secretary General of the Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform, Republic of Ireland. Negotiator during the Good Friday Agreement.

  Phillippines  
  Jesus Gestuveo Dureza, Secretary of the office of the Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process, Republic of Philippines,

  United States
  Andrew Sens, US Representative to the Northern Ireland Independent International Commission on Decommissioning. Career Foreign Service officer and former Executive Secretary to the National Security Council
  Aldo Civico, Director of Columbia University’s Center for International Conflict Resolution

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• Negotiating from Conflict to Peace: Workshop with the Colombian ELN
  (Medellin, Colombia, 2006)
  Workshop that brought three senior leaders from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to share experiences in managing the transition from paramilitary organization to political leadership.
  
  

  Colombia
  Juan Carlos Cuellas, ELN Commissioner, Colombia
  Francisco Galán, ELN Commissioner, Colombia
  Moritz Ackerman, Guarantor, Casa la Paz, Colombia
  Horacio Arango, Jesuit, Colombia
  Alvaro Jimenez, former M-19 guerrilla member, Colombia
  Daniel Peña, political activist, Colombia
  Gustavo Ruiz, lawyer and opinion maker, Colombia
  Alejo Vargas, political scientist, Colombia
  General Eduardo Herrera Berbel, former Deputy Peace Commissioner, Colombia
  Beatriz Maria Arango, Senior Advisor to El Colombiano newspaper, Colombia

  Northern Ireland
  David Ervine, Chief Spokesman, Progressive Unionist Party, Northern Ireland
  Father Alec Reid, Neutral Facilitator, Northern Ireland
  Tom Roberts, Director, Ex Prisoners’ Interpretive Center, Northern Ireland

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• La Nicaragua Posible
  (Managua, Nicaragua, 2006)
  Brought together leading Nicaraguan politicians, intellectuals and students to discuss the challenges facing the country and strategize future solutions.
  
  

  Argentina
  Daniel Zovatto, Head of Program for Latin America, International IDEA

  Bolivia
  Eduardo Rodriguez, former President of Bolivia

  Costa Rica
  Alberto Trejos, former Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica

  Nicaragua
  President Enrique Bolaños Geyer, President of Nicaragua
  Professor Consuelo Cruz, Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University
  Amb. Arturo Cruz, Professor of History and Political Science at INCAE
  Mignone Vega, Director of Strategic Communication for the Office of the President of Nicaragua
  Mario Arana, President of the Central Bank of Nicaragua

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• Lessons Learned on Regional Peace-building in Central America
  (Toledo, Spain 2006)
  Brought together all major leaders involved in developing the regional peace accords in Central America to launch a Task Force that will develop new approaches to rule of law challenges faced in the region today. 
  
  

  Colombia
  Augusto Ramírez Ocampo, former Foreign Minister of Colombia and former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to El Salvador
  
  Costa Rica
  José María Figueres, former President of Costa Rica
  Rodrigo Madrigal Nieto, former Foreign Minister of Costa Rica
  Ram Mankkalingam, former Senior Advisor to the President of Sri Lanka 
  
  El Salvador
  Leonel Gomez, human rights activist and author, El Salvador
  Pedro Nikken, Legal Advisor to the UN Secretary-General, El Salvador
  Oscar Santamaría, former head negotiator for El Salvador
  Victor Valle, founding member, National Commission for the Consolidation of Peace in El Salvador
  Joaquín Villalobos, former FMLN leader 
  
  Great Britain
  Sir Marrack Goulding, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping and Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs 
  
  Guatemala
  Vinicio Cerezo, former President of Guatemala
  Manuel Conde-Orellana, former President of the Guatemalan Commission for Peace
  General Julio Balconi, retired General, Guatemalan Army; former Guatemalan Minister of Defense
  José María Argueta, former Guatemalan National Security Advisor
  Hector Rosada, former President of Guatemalan Commission for Peace 
  
  Nicaragua
  General Joaquín Cuadra Lacayo, former General Chief of Staff of the Popular Sandinista Army and former Commander-in-Chief of the Nicaraguan Army
  Arturo Cruz, Professor, INCAE Business School, Nicaragua
  Antonio Lacayo, former Nicaraguan Minister of the Presidency 
  
  Israel
  Shlomo Ben Ami, former Israeli Foreign Minister 
  
  Spain
  Blanca Antonini, Director of Latin American Programs, Toledo International Center for Peace
  Edmundo Jarquín, Chief of Staff, Iberoamerican Secretariat
  Yago Pico de Coaña, former General Director of Iberoamerican Political Affairs, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Relations 
  Magdy Martinez-Soliman, Head of UN Democracy Fund 
  
  United States
  Richard McCall, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
  Bruce Cameron, human rights activist
  
  Venezuela
  Beatrice Rangel, former Presidential advisor, Venezuela

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• Peruvian Intelligence Reform Initiative
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts and Lima, Peru, 2002)
  Convened international experts on internal security to draft recommendations for reforming Peru's intelligence services and presented the results to the Peruvian intelligence community in a public forum event in Lima.
  
  

  Argentina
  José Manuel Ugarte, Advisor to the Senate National Defense Commission, Argentina

  Netherlands
  Joy Wijnen Riems, Senior Officer, Netherlands National Security Service

  Peru
  Luis Iberico Nunez, Fifth Vice President of the Peruvian Congress
  Ciro Alegría Varona, Professor at the Pontificia Catholic University of Peru; former Advisor to the Peruvian Minister of Defense
  
  South Africa
  Siyabulela Mlombile, Deputy National Commissioner, South African Correctional Services
  
  United States
  Philip Heymann, Professor of Law, Harvard University; former U.S. Deputy Attorney General
  Morris Panner, former Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section of the Criminal Division, Department of Justice, United States

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• Combating Terrorism: The Challenge for Democratic Societies
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2002)
  Leaders from the intelligence and law enforcement communities in Mexico, Peru, and the United States discussed strategies for combating terrorism  while protecting human rights and democratic freedoms.
  
  

  United States
  Jorge Chabat, Professor of International Relations, Center for Economic Research and Teaching
  John Coatsworth, Professor of History and Latin American Affairs, Harvard University
  Neil Gallagher, Assistant Director, FBI National Security and Terrorism Divisions
  Philip Heymann, Professor of Law, Harvard University, former US Deputy Attorney General
  Kate Martin, Director, Center for National Security Studies, United States
  Robert McNamara, Jr., former General Counsel, United States Central Intelligence Agency
  Bill Rooney, former Executive and Field Operations Officer, United States Central Intelligence Agency
  George Vickers, Regional Director for Latin America, Open Society Institute

  Mexico
  Raul Benitez Manaut, Professor of International Relations, National University of Mexico
  Carlos Rico, Minister of Public Affairs, Mexican Embassy
  Armando Salinas Torre, President, Congressional Commission on Governance and Public Security, Mexico

  Peru
  Benedicto Jimenez Bacca, Expert Advisor to the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee, Peru
  Enrique Obando Arbulú, President, Political and Strategic Studies Institute, Peru
  Oscar Schiappa-Pietra, former Senior Advisor to Prime Minister of Peru
  Ketin Vidal, former Minister of the Interior, Peru
  Juan Velit, President, Peruvian National Council of Intelligence

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• International Perspectives on Intelligence Reform and Creating Democratic Controls
  (Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2000)
  Enabled Guatemalan government officials, members of NGOs, and academics to meet with intelligence experts from around the world in order to discuss experiences of reform, outline mechanisms of oversight, and gain feedback on recommendations for a new intelligence law in Guatemala.
  

  Argentina
  José Manuel Ugarte, Advisor to the Senate National Defense Commission, Argentina

  Canada
  Peter Russell, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Canada

  Poland
  Andrzej Rzeplinski, Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Poland

  Spain
  César Balguerías, Analyst of Political and Strategic Affairs for Latin America, Higher Center of Defense Information (CESID), Spain

  South Africa
  Sandy Africa, General Manager of the South African Intelligence Academy, South Africa

  United States
  James Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology, United States
  Philip Heymann, Professor of Law at Harvard University, former US Deputy Attorney General, United States
  Kate Martin, Director of the Center for National Security Studies, United States
  Oliver Revell, former Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States

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• Reform of Intelligence and Security Services in Guatemala
  (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2000)
  Brought together senior members of the new Guatemalan government with intelligence officials from the Americas, Africa, and Europe to discuss key issues related to reforming and restructuring the Guatemalan intelligence apparatus.
  

  Argentina
  Dario Richarte, Under Secretary of Intelligence, Argentina

  Czech Republic
  Oldrich Cerny, former Director General, Czech Foreign Intelligence Service

  Canada
  Vaughn Collins, Detective Chief Superintendent of the Ontario Provincial Police, Canada

  Guatemala
  Edgar Gutierrez, Minister of Strategic Analysis, Guatemala
  Manuel de Jesus Flores Hernandez, Vice Minister of Governance, Guatemala
  Ricardo Marroquin, Minister of Administrative and Security Affairs for the President of Guatemala
  Alfredo Rabbé, Vice Minister of Defense, Guatemala

  United States
  Michael DeFeo, Assistant Director, Office of Professional Responsibility, US
  Philip Heymann, Professor of Law, Harvard University, former US Deputy Attorney General
  Kate Martin, Director, Center for National Security Studies, United States
  Ernest May, Professor of History, Harvard University, United States
  Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, General Counsel, University of Wisconsin System,
  Anna Maria Salazar, Drug Enforcement Policy and Support, United States

  South Africa
  Sandy Africa, General Manager, South African Intelligence Academy
  Sibulela Mlombile, National Intelligence Coordinating Committee, South Africa

  Spain
  Cesar Balguerias, Analyst of Political and Strategic Affairs for Latin America, CESID, Spain

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• The Challenge of Strengthening the Peace
  (Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1999)
  Brought together over 300 Guatemalan representatives of the government, the military, the church, political parties, the private sector, human rights organizations, and community groups to engage in dialogue on a range of critical issues relevant to peace-building in their country.
  

  Argentina
  Silvia Rueda de Uranga, President, Conciencia Association, Argentina
  Colonel Mario Antonio
  Luis Moreno Ocampo, former Public Prosecutor and District Attorney of Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Chile
  John Biehl, former Chief of Staff for the Government of Chile, former Ambassador to the United States
  
  Croatia
  Branka Kaselj, Director, Centre for Peace, Non-Violence and Human  Rights, Croatia 

  Guatemala
  President Alvaro Arzú, Guatemala
  Carlos Chocoj, Rigoberta Menchú Tum
  General Edgar Leonel Godoy Samayoa
  Fermina Lopez
  Rigoberto Quemé, Mayor of Quetzaltenango
  Gustavo Porras, Private Secretary to the President of Guatemala
  Eduardo Stein, Foreign Minister of Guatemala
  Hector Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, columnist
  Renzo Rosal, Secretary General of Rafael Landivar University

  El Salvador
  Raquel Zelaya, Secretary of the Peace of the President of the Republic of El Salvador
  Ana Guadalupe Martinez, former Vice President, former FMLN Leader,

  Northern Ireland
  Paul Arthur, Professor of Politics, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

  Israel
  Shulamit Aloni, former Member of Parliament and government Minister, founder of the Civil Rights and Peace Movement in Israel

  Palestinian National Authority
  Hasan Abdel Rahman, Palestinian National Authority Chief Representative in United States

  Poland
  Lech Walesa, Nobel Laureate and former President of Poland
  Konstanty Gebert, former dissident and editor-in-Chief of Midrasz Magazine, Poland
  Jan Krysztof Bielecki, former Prime Minister of Poland

  South Africa
  Robert Conway, Chair, Peace and Reconstruction Foundation, South Africa 
  Roelf Meyer, Member of Parliament, South Africa

  United States
  Robert Hutchings, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
  Susan Kaufman Purcell, Vice President, Americas Society
  Beatriz Manz, University of California, Berkeley
  Wendy Luers, President, The Foundation for a Civil Society
  James LeMoyne, Chief Political Advisor, United Nations Development Program, Latin America
  Timothy Phillips, Co-Founder, The Project on Justice in Times of Transition

  International Organizations
  José Roberto Lopez, World Bank
  Lars Franklin, Resident Coordinator for the United Nations
  Linn Hammergren, World Bank

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• Reflections on Transition
  (Managua, Nicaragua, 1994)
  Brought together prominent Nicaraguan leaders with their counterparts from Europe and the Americas to discuss reconciliation, civil-military relations, private property and economic reform.
  

  Chile
  Edgardo Boeninger, Former Minister Secretary of the Presidency
  Carlos Ominami, Senator
  
  Colombia
  Cesar Gaviria, President
  
  Costa Rica
  Mario Carazo, Congressman, Costa Rican Legislative Assembly; Chairman, Institute for Central American Studies
  
  Czech Republic
  Tomas Jezek, Director, National Property Fund
  
  El Salvador
  Alfredo Cristiani, President
  Oscar Santamaria, Minister of the Presidency
  Joaquin Villalobos, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
  
  Germany
  H. Hindrich Boie, Director, Department of Unresolved Property and Reprivatization
  
  Guatemala
  General Hector Gramajo, Former Minister of Defense
  
  Mexico
  Pedro Aspe, Minister of Finance
  
  Nicaragua
  Arnoldo Aleman, Mayor of Managua
  Fernando Caldera, Chief of the National Police
  Adolfo Calero, National Conservative Party
  Luis Raul Cema, Secretary, Association of Bond Holders
  Violeta Chamorro, President
  Pablo Antonio Cuadra, Rector of UNICA
  Thomas Delaney, Vice-Minister of the Presidency
  Jose Espinoza, Secretary General, CUS
  Azucena Ferrey, President, Commission for Women, Youth, Children and Family of the National Assembly
  Mario de Franco, Professor, INCAE
  Enrique Bolanos Geyer, Former President, COSEP
  Ramiro Gurdian, President, COSEP
  Luis Humberto Guzman, President, National Assembly        
  Moises Hassan, MUR Representative to the National Assembly
  Lucio Jiménez, Secretary General, CST
  Carlos Reynaldo Lacayo, President, AMCHAM
  Alejandro Martinez, Director, FIDEG
  Monsenor Abelardo Mata, Bishop of Esteli
  Francisco Mayorga, Civil Movement
  Daniel Nunez, Secretary General, UNAG
  Orlando Nunez, Director, CIPRES
  Daniel Ortega, Secretary General, FSLN
  Adolfo Jarquin Ortell, Defense Committee, National Assembly
  Emilio Pereira, Minister of Finance
  Sergio Ramirez, FSLN
  Col Antemor Rosales, Representative of the Chief of Staff of the Sandinista Popular Army
  Dora Maria Tellez, President, Commission for Economic Issues of the National Assembly
  Col Hugo Torres, Representative of the Chief of Staff of the Sandinista Popular Army
  
  Poland
  Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Former President
  Adam Michnik, Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborzca
  Jerzy Osiatynski, Former Minister of Finance and Labor
  Wiktor Osiatynski, Constitutional Advisor to the Polish Parliament
  
  Russia
  Yegor Gaidar, Former Prime Minister
  
  Spain
  Jose Pedro Perez Llorca, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
  
  Sweden:
  Pierre Schori, Deputy Foreign Minister
  
  United Nations
  Hubert Escaith, Director, Economic Development Section, ECLAC, Mexico
  Francesco Vincenti, Resident Representative, UNDP
  
  United States
  Jimmy Carter, Former President
  Angier B. Duke, President, Council of American Ambassadors
  General Mark Hamilton, Deputy Director for Strategic Planning and Policy, US CINCPAC
  James LeMoyne, UN Political Advisor to Central America
  Wendy W. Luers, President, Foundation for a Civil Society
  Dick McCall, Chief of Staff, USAID
  Richard Millett, Senior Research Associate, North-South Center
  Ambler Moss, Director, The North-South Center
  Terry Sanford, Former US Senator
  John Strasma, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Wisconsin

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• Reconciliation in Times of Transition
  (San Salvador, El Salvador, 1993)
  Focused on consolidating peace and eradicating social division, confrontation and political violence in the aftermath of El Salvador's peace accords. Precipitated the creation of Centro Demos, the conflict resolution center established to encourage and sustain cross-sectoral dialogue.
  

  Brazil
  Benedita Souza da Silva, Federal Deputy, Workers Party
  
  Chile
  Jose Zalaquett, Member of the Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation
  
  Colombia
  Evereth Bustamante Senator, Democratic Alliance/M-19
  Antonio Navarro Wolff, President,Democratic Alliance/M-19
  
  Czechoslovakia
  Jan Urban, Journalist; Co-Founder of Civic Forum Movement
  
  El Salvador
  Roberto Canas, FMLN
  Fabio Castillo Rector, University of El Salvador Mauricio
   Gutierrez Castro, President of the Supreme Court
  Alfredo Cristiani, President of El Salvador
  Cecilia Gallardo de Cano, Minister of Education
  Rene Emilio Ponce, Minister of Defense
  Oscar Santamaría, Minister of the Presidency
  Joaquin Villalobos, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN)
  
  Guatemala
  General Dector Gramajo, Former Minister of Defense
  Jorge Serrano, President
  
  Poland
  Aleksander Kwasniewski, Member of Parliament; President of the Social Democratic Party
   Zbigniew Bujak, Member of Parliament; Founding Member of Solidarity
  
  Spain
  Felipe Gonzalez, Prime Minister
  
  United States
  Bernard Aronson, US Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
  James LeMoyne, Journalist
  Flora Lewis, Senior Columnist, New York Times
  Wendy W. Luers, President, Foundation for a Civil Society
  Richard McCall, Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Member of President-Elect Clinton's Transition Team
  Joseph Montville, Senior Consultant to the US Department of State on Conflict Resolution
  Ambler H. Moss Jr, Director, North-South Center, University of Miami
  Michael Olson, Attorney
  Tina Rosenberg, Author and Journalist

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