On January 27-31, Acting Director Ken LaPlante traveled to the Dominican Republic to attend the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC). During his visit, he participated in several events with the Center’s alumni and partner institutions in that country. In addition, Mr. LaPlante met with General 
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On February 20, the Perry Center coordinated a VTC with the Perry Center alumni association in Jalisco, Mexico. The lecture was titled, “Governability and Security Challenges Facing the Emergence of Self-defense Groups,” and was provided by Professors Carlos Ospina and Patricia Escamilla-Hamm to over 350 
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From February 3-7, 2014 a delegation from the Perry Center visited Panama and Nicaragua and met with regional institutions and participated in several academic outreach and alumni activities.
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On Thursday, June 20, An unveiling ceremony was held for a portrait of two of Jamaica’s national heroes: The Right Excellent Norman Manley (on the left), and The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante (on the right). Their portrait is now on display in the Center’s 
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On April 9, 2013, the book Atlas of Security and Defense of Mexico 2012 was officially presented, the result of the collective work of several authors of the Collective of Analysis of Security with Democracy (CASEDE, by its acronym in Spanish) in Mexico, among them 
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From November 27 to 30 the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies engaged in various academic programs in Asunción, Paraguay. Forty-five officials from the defense and other sectors participated in a three-day workshop on White Papers, organized with the Consejo de Defensa Nacional (National Defense Council 
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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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From April 30th to May 5th, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies had the satisfaction of presenting a module on Defense and Security Policy to the participants in the National Strategic Planning and Execution Masters course of the Institute of Superior Strategic Studies of Paraguay. 
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On April 26, 2012, the Jamaica Alumni Chapter held its first symposium titled Jamaica at 50: Reflections on the Democracy. The event, held at the Department of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies – Mona campus, had more than 15 people in 
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CHDS alumnus and faculty member Colonel Rui Chagas Mesquita has been appointed as the Chief of the Brazilian Air Force Liaison Office to the Brazilian Congress (Chefia da Assessoria Parlamentar do Comandante da Aeronáutica – ASPAER). ASPAER was established in 2004 to strengthen the Air 
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