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The Centre for Studies, Training and Social Analysis (CEFAS) aims to become a benchmark centre, with the capacity to influence society, and willing to collaborate with all national and international entities that defend freedom, and more specifically religious freedom, which is the basis and principle of all other freedoms.
International | Religious Freedom
El padre Alberto Reyes: “Sueño con una Cuba libre y próspera”
Hemos celebrado un encuentro para analizar la situación actual de Cuba y reflexionar sobre los desafíos que atraviesa el país.
International | Commitment
Impulsamos en Perú el debate sobre hispanidad y Occidente
El Instituto de Estudios Americanos CEU CEFAS presenta el informe “La hispanidad y Occidente: Tradición, identidad y retos compartidos”.
International
María Corina Machado visits CEU for her meeting with Venezuelan institutions
María Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuelan opposition and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, met with various political and civil society representatives from Venezuela.
International | Humanity and Reason
Asistimos a las elecciones presidenciales de Hungría como observadores internacionales
Una delegación de CEU CEFAS ha asistido en calidad de observadores internacionales junto a Liberty Coalition for a Free and Fair Election.
Uncategorized | Humanity and Reason
Nuestra alumna realiza su estancia formativa en The Heritage Foundation
Cristina Pastor ha disfrutado de una beca formativa en el think tank conservador más prestigioso de Estados Unidos.
International
CEU CEFAS asiste al Miami Security Forum de Heritage Foundation
Un encuentro que ha reunido a líderes de todo el hemisferio occidental con el objetivo de fortalecer las alianzas.
International | Commitment
CEU CEFAS attends the takeover of José Antonio Kast
El presidente de la Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU y el director y director ejecutivo de CEU CEFAS han asistido a la toma de posesión del presidente chileno.
International | Humanity and Reason
We participated in an international meeting on the future of Cuba
En el encuentro “Itinerario de Pensamiento y Propuestas para el futuro de Cuba” Fernando Nistal ha defendido la la cultura de la vida.
International | Humanity and Reason
José Francisco Lagos aborda los retos políticos y sociales de Chile
El subsecretario del gobierno electo de Chile ha participado en un webinar sobre los desafíos que enfrenta el país.
Uncategorized | Spain
La leyenda negra: sus orígenes y sus consecuencias
Analizamos la leyenda negra española, su origen como propaganda contra el Imperio español y sus consecuencias en la imagen histórica de España.
Uncategorized | Spain
Presentamos en Lima el informe “La leyenda negra”
La oficina regional del Instituto de Estudios Americanos CEU CEFAS ha presentado este primer informe junto a distintos expertos en la materia.
International | Commitment
We attended the 7th Transatlantic Summit in Brussels
Fernando Nistal and María San Gil attended this meeting, which brought together more than 250 political and civic leaders from 36 countries.
Uncategorized | Commitment
Mike González presents the report on the situation in Cuba
The senior researcher at The Heritage Foundation addressed the threats facing Cuba at a breakfast meeting with our national and international allies.
International | Family
Promoting a Culture of Life in the Face of the Demographic Winter
We held the International Seminar “Motherhood in Crisis, when the future is not born” in collaboration with various institutions.
International | Spain
Peru and Hispanic Heritage: A Shared Perspective
The CEU CEFAS Institute of American Studies held the seminar “Hispanidad in Peru” in Lima, together with the UPC.
International | Humanity and Reason
Defending the truth and strengthening institutions: Kevin Roberts (The Heritage Foundation) at CEU CEFAS
The president of the Heritage Foundation, K. Roberts, presented the book from the CEFAS Collection, A New Era: The Rebirth of the Right.
International | Spain
The CEU CEFAS Institute of American Studies Opens Its First Regional Office in Peru
This new office aims to promote the values and heritage of Hispanidad, as well as the accurate dissemination of history.
International | Spain
The First Wokebusters School Launches in South America
Decenas de jóvenes argentinos han participado en sesiones formativas centradas en el análisis de la ideología woke.
International
Official visit to Peru and Ecuador to Strengthen Relations with Other Institutions
The President of the San Pablo CEU University Foundation and the Executive Director of CEU CEFAS have met with various Ibero American institutions
International
Reivindicamos el legado filosófico hispánico del Siglo de Oro
Expertos internacionales analizan el pensamiento filosófico hispánico del Siglo de Oro y su influencia en el derecho o la educación.
Uncategorized | Spain
CEFAS Student Enjoys Valuable Experience at The Heritage Foundation
Pablo Mariñoso has begun his fellowship at the most prestigious conservative think tank in the United States, The Heritage Foundation
International | Commitment
CEFAS attended the seminar ‘The Essence of Life’ in Hungary
On September 26, 27 and 28we participated in the Autumn School organized Hungarian Scruton Hub in Révfülöp, Hungary.
International | Spain
CEFAS attended the US-Mexico Policy Summit in Washington D.C.
The Institute of American Studies participated in this meeting, held in Washington DC, with influential conservative think tanks
International | Commitment
Participamos en el IV Encuentro Regional Foro Madrid 2025
Nuestro director ejecutivo, Fernando Nistal, ha participado en este foro internacional de partidos, líderes y entidades conservadoras.
International | Commitment
We attended CPAC 2025 in Budapest
Our CEO, Fernando Nistal, has attended CPAC, the international forum that brings together conservative leaders and thinkers.
International | Commitment
Asistimos al Foro “Paraguay y las nuevas oportunidades económicas”
Nuestro colaborador en Iberoamérica, Gustavo Nakamura, ha asistido a este foro en el que se ha analizado la influencia de China en la región.
International | Spain
Analizamos los retos de un futuro compartido
Hemos celebrado el II Encuentro de think tanks de Iberoamérica en Lima con la participación de más de 30 instituciones hispanoamericanas.
International | Commitment
We analyze the presence of authoritarian powers in Ibero-America
Several experts have addressed the political, economic, and cultural influence of China, Russia, and Iran in Ibero-America.
International | Spain
CEU-CEFAS attended the Texas Policy Summit 2025
The Institute of American Studies participated in this meeting held in Austin on February 19, 20 and 21.
International | Spain
We attended the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference in London
The director of CEU-CEFAS, Elio A. Gallego, and the executive director, Fernando Nistal, attended this meeting, which brought together influential figures.
International | Spain
We received a delegation from The Heritage Foundation
The CEU-CEFAS team has met with representatives of the most important and influential conservative think tank in the United States.
International | Commitment
We participated in the VI Transatlantic Summit
Our director, Elio A. Gallego, participated in this meeting, which aims to defend freedom and the culture of life.
International | Spain
La Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU reconocida por el Congreso del Perú
El Congreso de la República del Perú ha otorgado un reconocimiento a la Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU por su compromiso con la hispanidad.
International | Spain
Orgullosos de nuestro legado hispano
Hemos celebrado junto a la Universidad CEU Fernando III el Congreso “La Hispanidad: un futuro compartido” en la que hemos reflexionado sobre los lazos que nos unen.
International | Commitment
We attended the Carvalho Dialogue
Security on the borders of the Americas, the threat of China, Russia, Iran and the need to develop critical thinking in Latin America and more topics were discussed at the meeting.
Training | Commitment
We started the training with the visit of the Hungarian ambassadress
The Hungarian Ambassador, Katalin Tóth, presented her vision of the geopolitics of Europe and its main challenges.
International | Commitment
La Resistencia Venezolana en Diálogos Abiertos
Pedro Urruchurtu ha ofrecido su testimonio sobre la situación actual en Venezuela, en la reunión de Diálogos Abiertos, organizado por el Instituto de Estudios Americanos.
International | Commitment
Analizamos la crisis de la democracia en Iberoamérica
El académico de la Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación de España, Francisco Miró-Quesada, ha esbozado la complicada situación.
Training | Commitment
Our students start their academic internship at The Heritage Foundation
Paula Otero and Jorge Jiménez-Alfaro begin their training fellowship at one of the most prestigious conservative think tanks in the United States.
Uncategorized | Commitment
We participated in the Wokebusters Summer Academy in Hungary
The Center for Fundamental Rights organized this meeting, which was attended by more than 40 young leaders from different European countries.
International | Commitment
Comunicado sobre la reforma del Poder Judicial en México
Nos unimos a la Fundación Patria Unida en la condena al golpe democrático tras la aprobación de la reforma constitucional del Poder Judicial.
International | Commitment
Visit to Chile and Argentina to strengthen relations with other institutions and think tanks
The CEU-CEFAS delegation, led by the president of the ACdP and Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU, Alfonso Bullón de Mendoza, visited numerous university institutions and think tanks in the region.
International | Commitment
CEFAS participa en el III Foro Madrid en Buenos Aires
El director ejecutivo de CEU-CEFAS participa en el III Encuentro Regional de Foro Madrid “Río de la Plata 2024” en Buenos Aires.
Training | Spain
Our students have gone on a training trip to Rome
The students of the Course in Leadership, Politics and Good Governance have had the opportunity to take a training trip to Rome.
International | Spain
Participamos en el II Foro Panamericano de Jóvenes Políticos
El encuentro celebrado en Buenos Aires ha abordado distintos temas por la agenda del sentido común frente a la izquierda progresista.
International | Commitment
An analysis of the Hungarian strategy
The political director of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Bálazs Orbán, has presented his book translated into Spanish by CEU Ediciones.
International | Spain
Finaliza el Curso de Verano del Instituto de Estudios Americanos de CEFAS
“El Derecho, la Historia y la Cultura como bases del Pensamiento Occidental” ha sido el título de este primer encuentro.
International | Commitment
La escritora Zoé Valdés presenta su libro “Yo acuso, Cuba llora”
El Instituto CEU de Estudios Americanos ha organizado este encuentro en el que ha intervenido su directora, la autora del libro y el director de la Fundación Disenso, Jorge Martín Frías.
International | Spain
CEU Institute of American Studies participates in leadership and policy forums in Lima
The Secretary General, Eduardo Puig de la Bellacasa, has traveled to Peru to participate in the Training Days for Regional Leaders.
Training | Spain
Our student begins his training stay at Instituto Res Publica
The student of the 2nd edition of the University Diploma of Expert in Leadership and Civic Engagement, Yesurún Moreno, has begun his training scholarship.
Training | Commitment
Celebramos el webinar “Cuba: Terrorismo, narcotráfico y criminalidad”
El seminario ha sido organizado por el Instituto CEU de Estudios Americanos junto al Instituto Juan de Mariana y a la Asociación Cuba en Transición.
Training | Commitment
Analizamos la situación de Argentina tras la victoria de Javier Milei
El diplomático, escritor y filósofo argentino, Víctor Dante Aloé, ha compartido el almuerzo-coloquio con los alumnos de CEFAS.
International | Commitment
Different meetings with conservative institutions in Germany
The CEU-CEFAS collaborator, José Antonio Pérez Ramos, has made a fruitful visit to different conservative think-tanks and media in Berlin.
International | Spain
Building the Latinoamerican alliance
We held the First Meeting of Think Tanks of Ibero-America, with the participation of more than 20 European and Ibero-American institutions.
International | Spain
We held the first meeting of the Advisory Council of the CEU Institute of American Studies
The meeting was chaired by the president of the San Pablo CEU University Foundation and the Catholic Association of Propagandists and the director of the CEU Institute of American Studies.
Investigation | Spain
The deterioration of democracy in Latin America
We analyze the current situation of democracy in Latin America and explain why a new conservative coalition is necessary.
International | Spain
We present in the European Parliament the report “The Basque exodus as a consequence of ideological persecution.”
El director ejecutivo y la directora del Observatorio CEU de Víctimas del Terrorismo han presentado este trabajo que muestra las consecuencias demográficas del terrorismo de ETA.
International | Commitment
Analizamos la situación política de Iberoamérica
Argentina, Ecuador y Perú han sido los países protagonistas de este webinar organizado por CEU-CEFAS junto al Foro Panamericano de Jóvenes Políticos y al Center For Fundamental Rights.
International | Commitment
Presentamos en Bogotá el informe sobre la influencia de China en Iberoamérica
El director ejecutivo de CEFAS y el secretario general del Instituto CEU de Estudios Americanos visitan el país colombiano.
Training | Commitment
Our students start their scholarship training at The Heritage Foundation
Yilian Ayala and Paz Marín begin their training scholarship at the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation.
International | Commitment
The defence of freedom, leading topic of Think Tank Central 23
We are hosting the third edition of New Direction's Think Tank Central with the conference entitled Advancing Freedom.
International | Commitment
We participated in the Young Leaders Academy
Our student of the II edition of the Expert Degree in Leadership and Civic Engagement has participated on behalf of CEFAS in the last edition of this meeting of young leaders.
International | Commitment
Analyzing China’s influence in Latin America
The head of the International Area in the Americas took part in a webinar organized by ECR-Eurolat on the first CEU-CEFAS Report.
International | Family
Abortion is not a right in the United States
We held the seminar "USA: Abortion is not a right. The protagonists of change speak" in which different members of the American civil society have participated in order to make this process known in different areas.
International | Commitment
Sociedad Rural Argentina acoge nuestra experiencia de liderazgo
El secretario académico, Fernando Nistal, ha impartido una conferencia sobre la actividad de CEFAS y su idea de liderazgo a los alumnos del curso de Capacitación para dirigentes agroindustriales.
International | Commitment
Presentamos en Argentina el primer informe CEFAS
El secretario académico, Fernando Nistal, y el responsable del Área Internacional en América, Eduardo Puig de la Bellacasa, ha presentado el informe sobre la influencia de China en Iberoamérica en la Universidad de CEMA de Buenos Aires.
International | Commitment
Participamos en el I Foro Panamericano de Jóvenes Políticos
La ciudad de Buenos Aires acogió este primer encuentro con el objetivo de generar y organizar una red de jóvenes líderes para debatir y reflexionar.
International | Commitment
CEFAS attends National Conservatism Conference in London
Conservative leaders gathered at this meeting to address issues such as the cultural revolution or the state of conservative thought.
International | Commitment
Celebramos los resultados constituyentes del Partido Republicano en Chile
Felicitamos al Partido Republicano y a su presidente, José Antonio Kast, por el éxito cosechado en las elecciones de consejeros constitucionales.
International | Commitment
We attended the 50th anniversary of the Heritage Foundation
CEU CEFAS has participated in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC
Uncategorized | Spain
China’s growing influence in Latin America a CEU-CEFAS Report
In the first CEU-CEFAS report we address the challenges of the new strategic configuration and reflect on the role that Western powers want to play in it.
Training | Religious Freedom
The situation of the family and its defense in the United States
American Principles Project President Sean Fieler shares his work with CEFAS students.
Training | Commitment
The United Nations role today
The director of the United Nations counter-terrorism office in Madrid, Ignacio Ibáñez, shared a lunch-colloquium with the students of the CEFAS Expert Degree in Leadership and Civic Engagement.
International | Commitment
CEU-CEFAS assists to CPAC in Mexico
The head of the International Area in the Americas, Eduardo Puig de la Bellacasa, attended the Conservative Political Action Conference in Mexico.
International | Commitment
CEU-CEFAS head of Research and Social Studies gives a conference at the European Parliament
Gonzalo Sanz-Magallón participated in the conference on business and employment entitled "Business freedom as a basis for job creation" held in Brussels.
International | Family
Richard Reinsch analyses the defence of freedom and family in the United States
The director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at the Heritage Foundation spoke at the meeting entitled "Family and individual freedom in today's world".
International | Commitment
José Antonio Kast analyses the current political situation in Latin America
The president of Political Network for Values expressed his concern about the advance of the left and stressed that the right must defend the essential principles without complexes.
Training | Commitment
El responsable del Área Internacional en América analiza los resultados de las elecciones en Brasil y su impacto en Iberoamérica
Eduardo Puig de la Bellacasa ha participado en un webinar junto al director de la Escuela de Gobierno de la Universidad Espíritu Santo de Guayaquil, Héctor Yépez, para analizar las implicaciones de los resultados de los comicios brasileños.
International | Religious Freedom
The relationship between the Abrahamic religions, the subject of the event organised by the Acton Institute and CEFAS
The congress was presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio of His Holiness in Spain, Bishop Bernardito Cleopas Auza.
International | Family
The defence of life, the family and freedom, key issues at the 4th Transatlantic Summit
The event, held in Budapest, brought together leaders and political representatives from more than 30 countries.
International
CEFAS travels to Lima and Quito to meet with politicians, journalists and representatives of think tanks and universities.
The head of the American International Department, Mr Eduardo Puig de la Bellacasa, presented the project with the aim of creating synergies and tackling the political, cultural and social challenges we are currently facing.
International | Commitment
Hungary’s migration response to the war in Ukraine
The Undersecretary for Immigration Challenges, Ferenc Dancs, and the Professor of International Relations at CEU San Pablo University, Antonio Alonso, analyze migration policies at the conference: "War in Ukraine: a European response from migration and asylum policy, the Hungarian case".
International | Family
CEFAS aborda las políticas de familia para afrontar retos demográficos
El encuentro ha contado con el coordinador del Observatorio Demográfico de la Universidad CEU San Pablo, Alejandro Macarrón, el viceconsejero de Familia, Juventud y Política Social de la Comunidad de Madrid, Luis Martínez-Sicluna y el director del Centro de Estudios Europeos en el Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Rodrigo Ballester.
Training
CEFAS delegation attends Hungarian parliamentary elections as election observer
A delegation from CEFAS has been present as an election observer to verify the democratic normality with which these parliamentary elections have developed.
International
CEFAS attends the National Conservatism Conference 2022 in Brussels
The Centre for Studies, Training and Social Analysis, represented by its director, Mr Elio Gallego, and its academic secretary, Mr Fernando Nistal, attended the National Conservatism Conference, held in Brussels on 23 and 24 March under the title "The Future of Nation-States in Europe".
International | Family
Mike González, The Heritage Foundation, defends parents’ right to freely educate their children
The Centre for Studies, Training and Social Analysis organised several meetings with Mike González, senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, the most influential conservative think tank in the United States, in which he portrayed the current situation in the United States in relation to the freedom of parents to educate their children.
International | Humanity and Reason
R. R. Reno: “Our Christian heritage encourages us to love freedom”
The International Congress "Towards a Christian Renewal of Europe" concluded with a call to reclaim the Christian values that have shaped Europe.
International
Geopolitics and the current economy, key issues of the Mont Pelerin Society 2021
The Francisco Marroquín University of Guatemala hosted this event in the context of the 50th anniversary of its founding.
International
CEFAS attends the Estoril Political Forum 2021
The international meeting commemorated the eightieth anniversary of the Atlantic Charter and was attended by academics and personalities from different fields.
International
La publicación The European Conservative vuelve para restaurar los valores de Europa y Occidente
El acto ha contado con la participación de académicos de Italia, Austria, Croacia, Serbia, Estados Unidos, Alemania, Inglaterra, Francia y Hungría.
