Security and Defense Network of Latin
America - RESDAL

1. Democratic Governance in Latin America.
    Situational Reports.

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Argentina (Jaime Garreta - Sebastián Muñoz)
Chile (Jaime Garreta - Sebastián Muñoz)

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Uruguay (Juan Rial)
Bolivia (Juan Ramón Quintana T.)
Venezuela (Sebastián Muñoz)
Colombia (Sebastián Muñoz)
Ecuador (Bertha Garcia)
Nicaragua (Roberto Cajina)

The  Latin  American  Security  and  Defense
Network in (RESDAL) was created by a group

Activities of the Security and Defense Network of
Latin America (RESDAL).

of  colleagues  in  September  2001,  with  the
support  of  the   National   Endowment   for

Democracy (NED). RESDAL aims at promoting
the institutionalization of states' functions of

Participation in the international  Conference
"AL FIN DE LA BATALLA" (At the End of the
Battle), Lima, Peru, November 15-18, 2001.
PUCE/NED  Civil-Military  Relations  Project,
Quito, Ecuador, November 2001 – May 2002 .

security  and  defense in  democracy,  through
the strengthening of civil capabilities and the
construction of healthy civil-military relations.
Its  activity  is  mainly  directed  to  fostering
collaboration     between     institutions     and
individuals working on the issue throughout
the region.

First     Forum,     Quito,     Ecuador,
November 8 2001.
Second   Forum,   Quito,    Ecuador,

January 2002
Start-up of the virtual forum of discussion on
“New  Security  Trends  and  their  impact  on

Contributing  to  the  construction  of  a  true
regional security and defense community that
connects  its  members  within  a  network  of
cooperative  contacts  is  the  project’s  highest
ambition.  This type of schemes triggers a huge
potential of possibilities for the transmission of
experiences,  exchange  of   ideas   and   joint
activities,  which  will  substantially  favor  the
attainment   of   the   intended   goal.      The
organization  of  assistance  visits  to  various
countries and the development of research on

Democratic Governance in the 21st Century”.
Start-up pf the virtual forum of discussion on
“Security  in  Latin  America  after  September
11”.

Third    Forum:    “New    Conflicts,    Political
proposals  and   Regional   Strategies”,   March
2002, Quito, Ecuador.
International Security Conference, April 2002,
Lima, Peru

civil-to-military relations, security and defense,
will be the scenarios where those potentialities
will be tested.

International Seminar: “Security Management
in  times  of  Military  Transition”,May  2002,
Lima, Peru.
Virtual Course on Civil-Military Relations and
Defense Matters.
Letter sent by the coordinators of section LASA
on   Defense,  Democracy   and   civic-military
relations

All  this  effort  shapes  the  RESDAL  website,
whose   objective   is  to   be   a   user-friendly
resource to obtain information, to know and
learn   about   this   field,   and   to   contact
institutions and specialists.

Members of the Security and Defense Network of
Latin America (RESDAL)