On March 29, 2023, Perry Center professor Celina Realuyo spoke about money laundering and its effects on national security and defense in Latin America during a visit by the Perry Center to the Guatemalan Ministry of National Defense. She explained the role that illicit financial 
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On March 29, the Perry Center welcomed a delegation from Uruguay led by the Chief of Defense, General Rodolfo Pereyra. Perry Center faculty led by the Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Scott D. Tollefson, met with the delegation and engaged on topics related to security 
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On March 24, 2023, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo testified on “China and the Mexican Cartels’ Asymmetrical War through the Illicit Fentanyl Trade” at a hearing on “Follow the Money: The CCP’s Business Model Fueling the Fentanyl Crisis” before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee 
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On March 21 Perry Center Director Dr. Paul Angelo received a visit from Nicaraguan alumnus Felix Maradiaga. Mr. Maradiaga was previously the Director of the Institute of Strategic Studies and Public Policies as well as Vice-Minister of Defense during the government of President Enrique Bolaños. 
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Director Dr. Paul Angelo and a small Perry Center delegation traveled to Bogota, Colombia from February 26 to March 4 for a series of outreach activities. The Perry Center engaged in academic discussions and institutional visits at the Colombian National War College (ESDEG), Nueva Granada 
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On March 3, 2023, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on “State Fragility and Transnational Organized Crime: The Fight Against Corruption and Illicit Financial Flows” at the World Compliance Forum 2023 in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Forum, organized by FELADE (Foundation for the Study 
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On March 9, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies and Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies hosted the Fifth Annual Forum on Security Challenges in Latin America. The full-day hybrid event addressed contemporary and evolving threats, with a special focus 
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On February 24, 2023, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on “Countering Emerging Threats in Transnational Organized Crime in the Americas” at the 24th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum (PISF) at Parlatino (Latin American Parliament) in Panama City, Panama. PISF convened over 200 parliamentarians from Europe, Latin 
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On February 10, 2023, Professor Celina Realuyo participated virtually in the Advanced Seminar on National and Regional Security of North America at the University of the Americas Puebla in Puebla, Mexico with 113 Mexican and Latin American graduate students. Professor Realuyo spoke about “The Evolution 
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On Thursday, February 9, a Perry Center delegation led by director Dr. Paul Angelo met with Costa Rican alumni for a networking event in San Jose, Costa Rica. Those in attendance represented a wide range of Perry Center residence course graduates from as far back 
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